Effect of using Newspaper in social studies on academic success and attitudes of fourth grade students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of using newspaper on academic success and attitudes of fourth grade students in social studies course. The quantitative data of the study were obtained with “pre-test post-test control group model” among the experimental models. The experiment regarding the study was conducted in fall term of 2007–2008 academic year with the students of 4-A and 4-C classes in Namık Kemal Primary School in Eskişehir. The average scores of the groups and the standard deviations of score distributions were calculated. In comparison between the two groups, t-test was used. The significance level was taken as .05. As a result of the study, it was indicated that there was a significant difference between the experimental group using newspaper in Social Studies and the control group that doesn’t use newspapers, in favor of the experimental group by means of their academic success
and attitudes for the course.