INVESTIGATING WRITING DISPOSITIONS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT VARIABLES

The purpose of this study was to investigate writing disposition perceptions of elementary school students with respect to gender, classroom level, mother’s and father’s education level, and monthly economic income level. The study was carried out in the city centre of Nigde province from six elementary schools in 2011-2012 academic year. Totally 387 elementary school students, selected according to the purposeful sampling method participated in the study. The “general survey method” was adopted in the research. In accordance with the purpose of the study, percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent samples t-test, ANOVA (variance) and Tukey-HSD tests were employed in the study in order to examine the data obtained in terms of some variables. “The writing dispositions scale” was used in order to collect data for the study. For the statistical analyses SPSS 17.0 was used. According to findings of the study in general, it was seen that elementary school students participated in the study had “low” level of writing disposition perceptions. It was also found out that students’ writing disposition perceptions statistically differed in relation to gender, mother’s and father’s education level, and monthly economic income level.