Thesis (M. a. ) - Helwan university. faculty of Education. department of curriculum and Teaching Methods.

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The major aim of this study was to investigate the effect of using some
learner-centered learning strategies on developing essay writing skills of 4th
year English Section students, Faculty of Education, 6th October
University. The participants of the study were 55 students, they were
divided into two groups, (30) assigned as the experimental group and (25)
assigned as the control group. The study was carried out using two
instruments; a writing skills test and a rubric for students’ scores. The
learner-centered learning Strategies (L-C L) used to develop the essay
writing skills were; tiered activities, mind mapping and feedback. The
present study came up with a number of key findings. Using the chosen L-
e L strategies, caused significant progress in developing the essay writing
skills of the experimental group students as a whole and in each skill.
Additionally, the chosen L-C L strategies had a large effect size on
developing the experimental group students’ essay writing skills as a whole
(0.98) and on each skill separately. Also, the effectiveness of the used L-C
L strategies on developing the essay writing skills was computed through
using Blake’s formula and the gain ratio, which was 1.22 which is nearly
the same as the accepted gain ratio of effectiveness (1.2). So, the used L-C
L strategies were effective in developing essay writing skills of English
section students at the Faculty of Education, 6th October University.

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