@article{article_1405930, title={THE INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM-DRAMATIC ACTIVITIES (SEP-DA) ON THE SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS OF 60-72 MONTH OLD CHILDREN}, journal={Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education}, volume={14}, pages={251–264}, year={2025}, DOI={10.14686/buefad.1405930}, author={İncesu, Gamze and Güney, Mehmet and Çakmak, Aygen}, keywords={Creativity, drama, science process skills, science education}, abstract={This research was conducted in a quasi-experimental design to study the effect of the science education given to 60-72-month-old children through dramatic activities on their science process skills. The study group consisted of two groups of 60-72-month-old children who attend kindergartens and have similar social, cultural and economic characteristics. In order to evaluate the scientific process skills of the children, pre-test, post-test and retention test scores were calculated using the Scientific Process Skills Test developed by Şahin et al. (2018). For the experimental practice, SEP-DA (Science Education Program-Dramatic Activities), which was planned as 7 weeks and 14 activities, was used. In the education program, science process skills were presented to children with drama techniques. At the end of the experimental process, the difference between the scores of scientific process skills of the children in the experimental group and the control group was significant. Science education program-dramatic activities had a strong effect on the science process skills of the children in the experimental group. The retention test also revealed that, it is a long-lasting effect.}, number={1}, publisher={Bartin University}, organization={This work was supported within the scope of TUBITAK 2209 Project}