International Journal of Progressive Education
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International Journal of Progressive Education 2020, Vol. 16(3) 253-269

Testing the Bidirectional Relationship Between Reading and Writing Skills

Ozen Yıldırım, Safiye Bilican Demir & Ömer Kutlu

pp. 253 - 269   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2020.248.19

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Reading and writing have an essential place in the social life of individuals as well as in school learning. In this study, the bidirectional relationships between reading and writing skills were examined after gender and socioeconomic level of students were controlled. The participants of this research are 5th grade 240 students from ten primary schools in four different districts of Ankara in Turkey. A text has been chosen to evaluate students' comprehension and writing skills and a test that includes questions related to the text has been developed. In order to evaluate the reading and writing skills of the students, the analytic and holistic rubrics were used. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to reveal the bidirectional relationship between reading and writing skills. Results indicate that reading and writing skills are important predictors of each other and support the possibility of a bidirectional relationship between the two. One possible explanation of this is that reading and writing skill influence each other. Researchers, practitioners, and parents may need to target both reading and writing skill to best help poor readers become proficient.

Keywords: Language Skills, Reading, Writing, Bidirectional Relationships, Hierarchical Multiple Regression

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Yildirim, O., Demir, S.B., & Kutlu, O. (2020). Testing the Bidirectional Relationship Between Reading and Writing Skills. International Journal of Progressive Education, 16(3), 253-269. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2020.248.19

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Yildirim, O., Demir, S. and Kutlu, O. (2020). Testing the Bidirectional Relationship Between Reading and Writing Skills. International Journal of Progressive Education, 16(3), pp. 253-269.

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Yildirim, Ozen, Safiye Bilican Demir and Omer Kutlu (2020). "Testing the Bidirectional Relationship Between Reading and Writing Skills". International Journal of Progressive Education 16 (3):253-269. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2020.248.19

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