Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Prof. of Farhangian University Department of Educational Science, Tehran, Iran

2 Elementary school student, Farhangian University, Nasibeh Campus, Tehran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of children's play song method on the essay writing quality of the 3rd grade elementary school girls. The research method was experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population was the girls' primary schools in the 5th district of Tehran, which were randomly selected as a cluster of several schools, and then 30 students were selected from the 3rd grade classes as a sample. The children in the experimental group sang children's games in six 30-minute sessions, but the control group was not given any training. Vakil al-Tajjar (2015) checklist was used to correct students' essays, the validity of which was confirmed by several professors and experts, and its reliability was 95% through Cronbach's alpha. Data were analyzed descriptively using multivariate analysis of covariance (Moncova). Findings showed that children's play songs had a positive and significant effect on increasing the quality of students' writing and increasing their vocabulary, structure and writing content. Therefore, it can be concluded that the method of children's song plays has an effect on increasing the quality of students' writing.

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