Arab Educational Information Network

The present study investigated using a digital scaffolding-based program for developing EFL student teachers' creative writing skills at Faculties of Education. The participants of the study consisted of student teachers, third year English section, Faculty of Education, Arish University (N=36). The study adopted the one-group pre- posttest design. Three main tools were used in the current study: an EFL creative writing skills checklist required for the third-year student teachers, an EFL creative writing skills test (pre-post) to measure student teachers’ EFL creative writing skills and the program was based on digital scaffolding. The quantitative method was used for collecting and analyzing the data. Using digital scaffolding-based program was administered to the participants during the first semester of the academic year 2020-2021. Results of the quantitative analysis revealed that the student teachers’ creative writing skills were developed significantly as a result of using digital scaffolding. Therefore, it can be concluded that using digital scaffolding was effective in developing EFL student teachers' creative writing skills. (Published abstract)