The  aim  of  this  study  was  to  determine  the  effect  of  using  nursery  rhymes  on  the   writing performance of year six pupils in a primary school. The researcher used Expository Teaching  Model for explaining meaningful learning by exposing a few nursery rhymes for writing an essay.  Constructivism  was also used to describe knowledge acquisition and motivation among the pupils.  For research design, the researcher used a quasi-experimental design to determine the effect of  using nursery rhymes on the writing performance for year six pupils in a primary school. The  experimental group used nursery rhyme and control group used traditional method with text book. A  sample of sixty pupils from year six pupils were selected and assigned to experimental group (n =  30) and control group (n = 30) randomly. The researcher used several instruments,  namely,  pre   and  post  tests  and  a  set  of  questionnaires.  The  reliability  o.....

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This study is a needs analysis study in the first phase of the design and development approach (DDR) founded by Richey and Klein (2007). The purpose of this needs analysis study is to identify the need for the development of nursery rhyme module in essay writing or level two students in primary school. The study was conducted quantitatively using the survey method. The first phase involves needs analysis using a questionnaire conducted on 285 teachers in 5 states to see the needs of modules in teaching and learning sessions. The reliability of the questionnaire was relatively high which was based on Cronbach Alpha  = 0.98. The questionnaires consist of 8 sections approximately 72 questions. The survey data were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) by mean value. The results of pilot test were Part A(M=3.809), Part B(M=3.766), Part C(M=3.945), Part D (M= 4.000), Part E(M=4.090), Part F(M=4.272), Part G(M=4.187) and H(M=4.6000). The findings of this study .....

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