INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF DIGITAL STORY ACTIVITIES ON STUDENT ATTITUDES IN TERMS OF VARIOUS MODERATOR VARIABLES: A META-ANALYSIS STUDY

Being a product of student-centered education, the use of digital storytelling which puts students in the center of education processes by stimulating their many receptors has recently come into prominence as a method on which a high amount of scientific research has been conducted. In this study, it was aimed to synthesize the results obtained from experimental studies in which the effect of digital story method on students' attitudes was investigated. Respective studies were accessed by using the keywords “digital story, digital storytelling, and attitude” in the databases of ULAKBIM TR Index, ERIC, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, Google Academics, and YOK Dissertation. The study, in which the analyzes were made with the CMA software, was carried out according to the random effects model. As a result of the analysis, the average effect size was calculated as +0.69. This result shows that digital story applications have a moderately positive impact on students' attitudes. The results of the analysis were examined according to the moderator variables. While the variables course type and type of publication do not make a significant difference on the effect sizes of the studies, the teaching level variable caused a significant difference. The study is critical because it is a synthesis of experimental studies examining the impact of digital stories on students' attitudes.