Development of APPEA Learning Management to Promote Creative Writing Ability in Grade 4 Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to (1) develop APPEA learning management in order to promote creative writing ability in grade 4 students, and 2) compare the creative writing ability before and after the experiment using APPEA learning management in grade 4 students. The research samples were selected using the cluster random sampling technique. There were 16 students from grade 4 in the second semester of the academic year 2023. The research tools were: (1) learning plans using APPEA learning management, (2) a creative writing test with the item difficulty from 0.40 - 0.46, the discrimination from 0.20 - 0.23, and the reliability of 0.92. The one-group pretest-posttest design employed dependent t-test statistics. The result were revealed as follows: (1) the results developed of APPEA learning management to promote creative writing ability in grade 4 students can be synthesized in 5 steps consisting of 1) Activate 2) Present 3) Practice 4) Expand, and 5) Apply, (2) the results of the comparison of creative writing ability in the periods before and after the experiment using learning management to promote creative writing ability in grade 4 students showed that the scores of students after the instruction were higher compared to the score before the lesson which was at .05 level of statistical significance.