A study on the attitudes of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Univeristy prep class students' towards cooperative writing activites and effects of these activities on students success

This present study was conducted in order to find the success level of cooperative learning activities in the writing classes in Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, School of Foreign Languages.In this study quasi experimental design was used. In order to find the differences between a cooperative learning class and traditional writing class the researcher selected two equal classes. The number of the participants in this study is 46. The students were chosen according to their prep class exemption exam marks. T-test results show that both classes are equal. The data was collected through a writing course which lasted for four class hours, after that the data was analysed by using SPSS (statistical package program for social sciences)The results revealed that the cooperative group did better than traditional class. By looking at the post tests results it can be concluded that cooperative learning has a positive effect on student learning because the results of the experimental group were better than control group. As for the aspects of writing the experimental group did better then control group in organisation of the paragraph.Keywords: process writing, cooperative writing