scholarly journals On written expression of primary school pupils

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-164
Author(s):  
Jelena Stevanovic ◽  
Slavica Maksic ◽  
Lazar Tenjovic
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Written Expression ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
General School ◽  
Primary School Pupils

Normative rules of standard Serbian language are acquired during primary and secondary education through curriculum demands of Serbian language instruction, which takes place in three fields: grammar, orthography and culture of expression. Topic of interest in this paper is the quality of written expression of 6th and 7th grade pupils, in the context of all three fields specified to be mastered by the curriculum of Serbian language. Research comprised 148 primary school pupils from Belgrade. Linguistic analysis of spontaneously created written text was performed, in the conditions where it was not explicitly demanded form the pupil to write correctly. The results indicate that the majority of pupils make spelling and grammatical errors, meeting the condition for the basic level of mastering the knowledge in Serbian language according to the standards specified for the end of compulsory education. In addition to this, a considerable majority of pupils has a satisfactory level of culture of written expression. Pupils more often make spelling than grammatical errors. Seventh grade pupils are better than sixth grade pupils with respect to adhering to grammar rules and according to culture of written expression, while the mark in Serbian language and general school achievement of pupils correlate only with the degree of adhering to the orthographic rules. It was concluded that not only individual programs of support for pupils who make more errors are necessary, but also launching national projects for the development of linguistic competence of the young in Serbia.

The Effect of Using Conflict Negotiation Strategy on Developing Writing Skills for the sixth Grade Primary School Pupils

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 203-225
Author(s):  
امانی ابراهیم خطاب عبد الواحد ◽  
سهیر ابراهیم محمد سلیم ◽  
منال فاروق محمد
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Negotiation Strategy ◽  
Conflict Negotiation ◽  
Primary School Pupils

scholarly journals Linkage between interests and verbal fluency of primary school pupils

Psihologija ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavica Maksic ◽  
Lazar Tenjovic
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Basic Characteristic ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Primary School Pupils

The incentive for studying the linkage between interests and creativity is based on the results of biographical studies that indicate that highly creative individuals had wider and more intensive interests than their peers already in the period of childhood. In the process of defining interests, the child tests his/her capacities and discovers the domain in which he/she will later provide creative contributions. The subject of this paper is the linkage between interests of primary school pupils and their verbal fluency, as basic characteristic of creative thinking. It was determined that the wideness of the span of interests is positively correlated with verbal fluency, whereby the correlation between interests and verbal fluency is somewhat higher for boys (r= 0.33, p = .007) than for girls (r = 0.24, p = .030). Also, the intensity of scientific interest of boys and girls is significantly correlated with their verbal fluency (for boys: = 0.39; for girls: r=0.35). But, when school achievement is statistically controlled, the correlation between the intensity of scientific interests and verbal fluency remains significant for boys, while it disappears for girls. It was concluded that the results confirmed the theoretical assumptions about the importance of interest in creativity and pointed out to the need for paying attention to the effect of gender. Besides the span and intensity of interests, the domain in which interests are manifested and creativity is measured is also important for the linkage with creativity.

scholarly journals Errors in writing made by Malaysian rural primary school pupils

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 438-456
Author(s):  
Halipah Harun ◽  
Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
English Writing ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Writing Problems ◽  
Primary School Pupils

This study is to identify errors made by rural primary school pupils in writing and to get information about the causes or sources of errors that lead to pupils’ writing problems. The conceptual framework concerns four types of errors committed by rural primary school pupils in writing, namely tense, spelling, and vocabulary. The study is based on Corder’s (1971) Error Analysis (EA) and Richards’ (1974) Causes or Sources of Errors as its theoretical framework. It was conducted at two rural schools with 44 pupils of Primary 5, aged 11, as the research sample. A written task was taken as the study instrument in order to answer two research questions. This study has revealed that tense is the most frequent error committed by the pupils, followed by punctuation, vocabulary, and spelling. Moreover, the pupils’ errors are caused by both interlingual and intralingual transfer. It is concerned with rural primary school settings in Kerian where the majority of the pupils use the Malay language as their medium of instruction. In addition, this study has its implication for English Language Education in Malaysia, in which it affects rural pupils’ performance especially in Primary School Achievement Test also known as Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) in English Writing paper. Some adjustments in the education system and the total involvement from education departments are meant to better reduce the number of low performers, especially in English writing to enhance the level of English proficiency in rural schools.

scholarly journals Creative potential of primary school students in written expression

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-108
Author(s):  
Slavica Sevkusic ◽  
Slavica Maksic
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
School Context ◽  
Written Expression ◽  
Production Test ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
School Students ◽  
Extreme Groups

The essays of primary school students were studied as a potential source of data about their creative capacities in the field of writing and, more extensively, in the domain of linguistic expression. Sixth and seventh grade students (N=142) wrote an essay the creativity of which was evaluated by three teachers. Based on teachers' evaluations, two extreme groups were formed, which were then mutually compared: the students who wrote creative stories (N=17) and those who did not (N=19). A mixed method approach was applied in analyzing the data about students and their essays. The quantitative research results indicate that the authors of creative stories are characterized by a considerably higher creative potential as measured by the Word Production Test and Urban-Jellen Drawing Test (TCT-DP), a better school achievement and greater knowledge in Serbian language, a wider range of interests and a more pronounced interest in language and humanities. Analysis of narratives of the two groups of stories reveals important differences between the creative and noncreative group in the format, themes and components of creative written expression. The following are perceived in the papers assessed as creative: good composition, existence of a title, a guiding idea, originality, emotional expressiveness and ethical dimension. In the concluding part the authors discuss the advantages of combining the quantitative and qualitative procedures in studying the creative potential in school context.

scholarly journals RESEARCH OF ICT INFLUENCING ON PERSONALITY QUALITIES OF PUPILS OF INITIAL CLASSES AND CONDITIONS OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN GENERAL SCHOOL

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petro M. Bisirkin
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Number Line ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
General School ◽  
Primary School Pupils

In the article the features of use of information-communication technologies in educational process of initial classes in general school are stated. The dependence of results of mental qualities formation of primary school pupils on quality of didactic oriented ICT means and heterogeneity of formation of a number (line) of intellectual processes of primary school pupils at use of hereinafter means in educational activities shown.

scholarly journals Exploring The Vaw Method Of Writing Among Esl Primary Pupils: Conceptual Paper

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Dg Nursazwani binti Daud ◽  
Wardatul Akmam Din ◽  
Asmaa AlSaqqaf
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
School Level ◽  
National Examination ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Primary School Pupils ◽  
Primary Pupils

The lack of writing skills among rural ESL primary school pupils in Malaysia has been identified based on the school level assessments. Based on the teachers as the researchers’ perspectives, the problem of writing among these rural young learners is cause by the lack of vocabulary acquisition where they don’t have choices of words in expressing their ideas in writing. Therefore, the researchers propose method with a writing module focusing on vocabulary enhancement in improving the writing skills among these learners. This module i.e. the VAW Module uses the VAW Method that comprises of vocabulary enhancement (V), application and practice (A) and Writing (W) is anticipated to help the pupils to power up their writing before they undergo the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) in Year 6 i.e. the national examination taken by all students in Malaysia at the end of their sixth year in primary school before they leave for secondary school.

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