The Development of English Writing Skills by Using Graphic Organizers for the Third Graders

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Chanoksuda Baojai

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to develop English writing skills by using graphic organizers for the third graders and to compare their learning outcomes of writing before and after learning by using the graphic organizers. The sample used in the study consisted of 30 the third graders studying in the second semester, academic year 2019 of Warin Wichaichat Municipal School, Warin Chamrap Municipality, Ubon Ratchathani Province, gained by cluster sampling technique. The research tools were the graphic organizers, writing scoring rubrics, and the test of English writing learning outcomes constructed by the researcher. The test difficulty indices ranged from .54 to .72, the discrimination indices ranged from .52 to .84, and the reliability value was .96. The collected data were analyzed by employing percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test.


              The research findings were as follows:


  1. The third graders had English writing skills at a good level (x = 17.00) and found that the developed graphic organizers were efficient with the efficiency valuates of 85.03/81.22 according to standardized criteria of 80/80.

  2. The English writing learning outcomes by using the graphic organizers after learning were higher than those before learning at .01 level of significance.

Keywords: English Writing Skills Development, Graphic Organizers

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