Writing Skills of University Students on Argumentative Text

The purpose of this study is to determine the argumentative text writing skills of university students. The research was applied on 363 first grade students who study in three faculties of Mustafa Kemal University. In the study, "Argumentative Text Writing Form" and "Argumentative Text Elements Rubric" developed by researchers were used as tool for collecting data. The achievement average of students regarding the argumentative text elements is like this: % 34.0 in data element, % 70.5 in claim element, % 26.5 in counter claim element and % 65.2 in result element. While the average of students' using the support reason in argumentative texts is 1.31, the average of using the refuting reason is 0.32. The average of using nonfunctional text elements per text is 0.22. In the study, it was determined that the students, who study verbal and equal weight subjects, succeeded more than the students who study life sciences.