The effect of collaborative digital storytelling on creative writing and social emotional learning skills of primary school 4th grade students

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of collaborative digital storytelling on creative writing and social emotional learning skills of 4th grade students. In the research, experimental model with pre-test / post-test control group design was used. The study group consisted of 60 students, 30 of whom were experimental and 30 of whom were in control, in the 4th grade of a state primary school in Alaşehir district of Manisa province. The research was carried out in the 2017-2018 academic year and the implementation process took 11 weeks. During the implementation phase, the students in the experimental group prepared a collaborative digital story. Social Emotional Learning Skills Scale was applied to the students as pre-test and post-test. In addition, students' free writing studies were evaluated with the Creative Writing Grade Scoring Key. In the analysis of the data, t-test for dependent groups, t-test for independent groups and single-factor ANCOVA analysis were used. As a result of the data analysis, it was revealed that there was a significant improvement between pre-test and post-test scores of creative writing and social emotional learning skills in both experimental and control groups. When the pre-test scores of creative writing skills were taken under control between the experimental and control groups, there was a significant difference between the post-test scores in favor of the experimental group and this result showed a moderate effect. When the pre-test scores were taken under control, it was concluded that there was no significant difference between the post-test scores between the experimental and control groups for social emotional learning skills. As a result, it was seen that collaborative digital story preparation increased creative writing skills and did not affect social emotional learning skills. As a result, it was seen that collaborative digital story writing significantly increased creative writing skills and did not significantly increase social emotional learning skills.