Effectiveness of Brainstorming in Developing Free Writing at Secondary Level

Abstract

The present study entitled Effectiveness of Brainstorming in Developing Free Writing at Secondary Level is an endeavor to identify the effectiveness of brainstorming in developing free writing skill and suggest some pedagogical implications based on the findings of the research study. To achieve the objectives, the researcher conducted experimental research on 30 students of grade nine studying at Birendra Secondary School who were divided into control and experimental groups. She used the purposive non- random sampling procedure to select the Birendra Secondary School and the participants were assigned into two groups randomly. After dividing the participants into two groups, she administered the pre-test prior to intervention in order to find out the existing proficiency level of learner in free writing. Subsequently, the experimentation was conducted approximately for a month. During experimentation period, the experimental group was taught through the use of brainstorming techniques and control group was taught through the conventional methods of teaching writing. Afterwards, post test was administered to both groups simultaneously in order to find out the effect of intervention. Then the data collected from pre-test and post-test were analyzed by using simple statistical tools like mean and percentage and interpreted descriptively. The difference was detected from the comparison of the mean scores of two tests in both groups. The findings of the study shows that there was significant difference between the mean score of pre-test and post-test in experimental group. However, the mean difference between pre-test and post-test was not significant in the control group. It indicates that the use of brainstorming techniques is very effective in developing free writing skill of grade nine learners rather than conventional methods of teaching writing. This thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is introductory part which consists of background of study, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research questions, hypotheses of the study, significance of the study delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter deals with the review of related theoretical literature and conceptual framework which comprises review of related theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications of the literature review for the research study and conceptual framework. Likewise, third chapter deals with methods and procedures of study which incorporates design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, sampling procedures, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures and ethical considerations. In the same way, analysis and interpretation of data is included in fourth chapter. In the fifth chapter, findings, conclusion and recommendations are presented. Finally, references and appendices are also incorporated at the end of this work.