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(2018). Thinking Development Techniques Used By Pre-service Turkish Language Teachers in Informative Text Writing. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 13(3), 89-99. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2018.150.5  \n\n| Published Online | September 29, 2018 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Article Views | 4 single - 13 cumulative |\n| Article Download | 13 single - 17 cumulative |\n| DOI | [https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2018.150.5](https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2018.150.5) |\n\nPen 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.  \nFor more information about PEN, please contact: [info@penpublishing.net](info@penpublishing.net)  \nThis document downloaded from [70.167.252.66](70.167.252.66) [2 times] Sterling / United States on Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:19:14 +0300  \nPen Academic Publishing, Canakkale/Turkey  \nTelephone: +90 286 243 06 66 | Fax: +90 286 213 08 [00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net](00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net)  \nThinking Development Techniques Used By Pre-service Turkish Language Teachers in  \nInformative Text Writingi  \nDidem Çetinii  \nMuğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey  \nNigar İpek Eğilmeziii  \nMuğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey  \nMustafa Volkan Coşkuniv  \nMuğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey  \nAbstract  \nThe purpose of the current study is to determine the pre-service Turkish language teachers’ level of using thinking development techniques while writing informative texts. In the study, descriptive analysis-based qualitative method was employed. The study group determined by means of purposive sampling method is comprised of a total of 33 fourth-year students attending the Department of Turkish Language Teaching at the Education Faculty of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University in the spring term of 2015-2016 academic year. In order to collect the data in the study, discussion and video display activities were performed with the pre-service teachers and then they were asked to write informative texts. The produced texts were analyzed to explore their level of using thinking development techniques. At the end of the study, it was concluded that the pre-service Turkish teachers had used the providing examples technique the most while writing informative texts and it is followed by the defining, showing witness and comparing techniques. Moreover, it was found that the pre-service teachers were limited to some certain thinking development techniques in terms of their level of using thinking development techniques.  \nKeywords: Writing instruction, text, informative text, thinking development techniques.  \nDOI: 10.29329/epasr.2018.150.5  \ni This study is an extended form of the oral presentation made in the 3rd Eurasian Educational Research Congress held on 31 May-3 June.  \nii Didem Çetin, Assist. Prof. Dr. , Department of Turkish Education, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey. Correspondence: [dcetin@mu.edu.tr](dcetin@mu.edu.tr)  \niii Nigar İpek Eğilmez, Assist. Prof. Dr. , Department of Turkish Education, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey. iv Mustafa Volkan Coşkun, Prof. Dr., Department of Turkish Education, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.  \nThis document downloaded from [70.167.252.66](70.167.252.66) [2 times] Sterling / United States on Mon, 01 Oct 2018","cbCaiiHcAyGkYKgj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiHcAyGkYKgj","pdf",568279,12,"English","# Introduction\n## Purpose and method\n## Participants and data collection\n## Findings and conclusions\n# Keywords","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study aims to determine pre-service Turkish language teachers’ level of using thinking development techniques while writing informative texts.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the participants selected and how was data collected?\",\"answer\":\"Thirty-three fourth-year pre-service teachers were selected using purposive sampling. 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