Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research - Issue 3 - September 2019 - The effect of understanding phrase-meaning relationship through digital storytelling on academic achievement and retention

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The study investigates how teaching the phrase-meaning relationship through digital storytelling influences academic achievement and retention in Turkish grammar instruction. A mixed-method design combines a factorial experimental approach with a case study. The sample includes 40 eighth-grade students from two classes. Quantitative analyses use descriptive statistics, normality checks via skewness and kurtosis plus Shapiro-Wilk and Levene tests, and two-way variance for pre/post and retention comparisons. Qualitative data are examined through content and descriptive analysis of OEQF responses and semi-structured interviews, concluding improved achievement and retention versus control instruction.

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Abstract

Introduction

Methodology

Quantitative analysis

Qualitative analysis

Results and Conclusion

Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research Volume 14, Issue 3 September 2019 [epasr.penpublishing.net](epasr.penpublishing.net)[ ](epasr.penpublishing.net)ISSN: 1949-4270 (Print) 1949-4289 (Online) The effect of understanding phrase-meaning relationship through digital storytelling on academic achievement and retention Perihan Gulce Ozkaya & Mustafa Volkan Coskun To cite this article Ozkaya, P.G. & Coskun, M.V. (2019). The effect of understanding phrase-meaning relationship through digital storytelling on academic achievement and retention. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 14(3), 200-236. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2019.208.10 | Published Online | September 29, 2019 | | --- | --- | | Article Views | 7 single - 12 cumulative | | Article Download | 36 single - 39 cumulative | | DOI | [https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2019.208.10](https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2019.208.10) | Pen Academic is an independent international publisher committed to publishing academic books, journals, encyclopedias, handbooks of research of the highest quality in the fields of Education, Social Sciences, Science and Agriculture. Pen Academic created an open access system to spread the scientific knowledge freely. For more information about PEN, please contact: [info@penpublishing.net](info@penpublishing.net) This document downloaded from [96.253.105.162](96.253.105.162) [2 times] Chesterfield / United States on Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:47:34 +0300 Pen Academic Publishing, Canakkale/Turkey Telephone: +90 286 243 06 66 | Fax: +90 286 213 08 [00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net](00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net) The Effect of Understanding Phrase-Meaning Relationship through Digital Storytelling on Academic Achievement and Retention 1 Perihan Gülce ÖZKAYA2 Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Mustafa Volkan COŞKUN3 Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Abstract The purpose of the current study is to reveal the effect of teaching the phrase-meaning relationship through digital storytelling on academic achievement and retention in teaching Turkish grammar. The study employed the mixed method. In the quantitative part of the study, the factorial design, one of the experimental designs, and in its quantitative part, the case study was simultaneously used. The study group of the current research is comprised of 40 8th grade students attending two different classes. Asthe data collection tools, a personal information form, an academic achievement test and an openended question form (OEQF) and a semi-structured interview form administered to the experimental group students were used. In the analysis of the qualitative data, descriptive statistics such as arithmetic means, standard deviations, percentages and frequencies were used. The normality of the data distribution was tested through skewness and kurtosis coefficients and these coefficients were found to be between +1 and -1. Moreover, the z statistic calculated by dividing the skewness coefficient by its own standard deviation was tested. As an additional proof to the normality of the distribution, Shapiro Wilk test was administered; and the equality of the variances was tested with Levene test. In the within and between-groups comparisons of the pre-test and post-test achievement scores of the experimental and control groups and their retention test scores, two-way variance analysis was used. The data collected through the OEQF and interviews conducted with the experimental group students were analyzed by using the content analysis and descriptive analysis techniques. The current study concluded that the instruction given to the experimental group students for them to understand the phrase-meaning relationship by using the digital storytelling more positively affect the secondary school 8th grade students’ academic achievement and retention of what they have learned when compared to the current means of instruction given to the control gr

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What is the main purpose of the study?

To reveal the effect of teaching the phrase-meaning relationship through digital storytelling on students’ academic achievement and retention in Turkish grammar.

What research design and methods are used?

A mixed-method approach combining quantitative experimental elements (factorial design) with a case study, plus qualitative content and descriptive analysis.

How were students’ achievement and retention measured?

By comparing pre-test and post-test achievement scores and retention test scores between experimental and control groups, using two-way variance analysis, along with qualitative evidence from interviews and OEQF responses.

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