The Impact of POW + C-SPACE Strategy on Story Writing Skills of Turkish Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

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Since specific learning disabilities (SLD) are widely observed among students with special needs, students with SLD often face academic problems in reading, writing, and mathematics, along with difficulty in written expression. This study examined the effect of the POW + C-SPACE strategy, based on self-regulated strategy development (SRSD), on story writing skills of Turkish students with SLD. A quantitatively designed pretest-posttest control group study (n=23) found statistically significant improvements for the experimental group in story writing, self-regulation, and writing attitude compared with the control group.

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Abstract

Introduction

Specific Learning Disabilities

Incidence of SLD

Diagnostic and evaluation stages in Turkey

The Impact of POW + C-SPACE Strategy on Story Writing Skills of Turkish Students with Specific Learning Disabilities1 Kürşat ÖĞÜLMÜŞ2 Kırıkkale University Macid Ayhan MELEKOĞLU 3 Eskişehir Osmangazi University Abstract Since specific learning disabilities (SLD) are widely observed among students with special needs, it is considered in the high-incidence disabilities category of special education. Students with SLD experience academic problems in reading, writing and mathematics, and difficulty in written expression is among their prominent characteristics. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the Pick my idea-Organize my notes-Write and say more + Characters-Setting-Purpose-ActionConclusion-Emotions (POW + C-SPACE) strategy developed on the basis of self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) on story writing skills of students with SLD in Turkey. In this quantitatively designed study, pretest - posttest experimental design with control group was used, and the participants consisted of 23 students with SLD at middle school level. The results indicated that the change between pretest and posttest story writing skills scores of participants in the experimental group was statistically significant compared to the change in the scores of participants in the control group. In addition, the change between pretest and posttest self-regulation scores and attitude for writing scores were statistically significant compared to the difference in the scores of students in the control group. Findings manifested that the POW + C-SPACE strategy had positive impact on the story writing skills of the students with SLD in Turkey. Teachers of students with SLD need to be trained on POW + C-SPACE strategy and future research is needed with different samples of students with SLD and teachers by using various research methods. Keywords: Self-Regulated Strategy Development, Story Writing Skill, Writing Difficulty, Specific Learning Disabilities, POW + C-SPACE Strategy DOI: 10.29329/epasr.2020.334.16 1This research paper was adapted from a doctoral thesis entitled “The effect of an instruction package developed on the basis of self regulated strategy development model on story writing skills of students with specific learning disabilities” prepared by Kürşat Öğülmüş under the supervision of Associate Professor Macid Ayhan Melekoğlu. 2 Assist. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Education, Kırıkkale University, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0001-7551-6894, Correspondence: [kursatogulmus@hotmail.com](kursatogulmus@hotmail.com) 3 Prof. Dr., Faculty of Education, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0002-9933-5331, Email: [macidayhan@gmail.com](macidayhan@gmail.com) Introduction Education of students with special needs, defined as special education, is one of the most important educational issues of the Turkish state (Melekoğlu, 2014) . The positive approach of the state regarding provision of special education services has been reflected in educational statistics of Ministry of National Education (MoNE) . The number of students receiving special education informal education system was 141.248 in 2010-2011 school year (MoNE, 2011) . In the last 8 years, this number has increased by 150% and reached 353.610 in 2017-2018 school year (MoNE, 2018) . There are various categories of special education, including intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, visual impairments, hearing impairments and specific learning disabilities, in Turkey (Cavkaytar, 2017) . Although the number of students in each special education category is not officially reported, specific learning disabilities (SLD) is a rapidly developing category in special education in Turkey (Çakıroğlu, 2018; Öğülmüş, 2015) . Specific Learning Disabilities There have been critical developments in the area of SLD with a history of approximately 60 years since 1960s in the world and 40 years since 1980s in Turkey. As a result of those developments, many changes

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What is the purpose of the study?

The study determines the effect of the POW + C-SPACE strategy, grounded in SRSD, on story writing skills of Turkish students with SLD.

How was the research designed and conducted?

A quantitatively designed pretest-posttest experimental design with a control group was used, involving 23 middle school students with SLD.

What results were observed regarding story writing skills?

The change between pretest and posttest story writing scores in the experimental group was statistically significant compared with the control group.

Oct 15, 2026

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