The Critical Reading Skills of Primary School Students According to Gender Differences and Educational Level of Their Fathers and Mothers

Abstract

This study was intended to investigate the critical reading levels of the 5
th
class students according to gender
differences and educational background of their family. A total of 185 5
th
grade students who were chosen randomly from the
students of primary schools in Bursa were participated in the study. This was regarded as a descriptive study. Data was
collected by a critical reading scale which determines the critical reading skills of students developed by Ünal (2006).
Significance of the difference between genders and family educational background was examined with t-test and One-Way
Anova test. According to the results of the study, critical reading skills of students haven’t increased with the family
educational background but there is a meaningful difference between genders in favor of the girls