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The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students' Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles
Abstract
This study was carried out in order to determine
the effects of the creative drama method used in the teaching of a unit in the
fourth grade social studies curriculum on the attitudes of the students towards
the social studies course according to their learning styles and to determine
the opinions of the students at the end of this process. The research was
conducted according to mixed design. Two classrooms were selected as experiment
and two classrooms as control groups by random selection method. There are 42
students in the experimental group and there are 39 students in the control
group. Data collection tools are Marmara Learning Styles Scale and Attitude
Scale for Social Studies Course and written opinions were collected to reveal
the views of the fourth grade students. Data were processed by using frequency,
percentage values covariance analysis and content analysis was performed on the
interview data. In the findings, it was concluded that students developed
positive attitude towards creative social studies course, creative drama was
effective in learning, and created positive emotions, they acquired knowledge
on creative drama, and became aware of concepts regarding communication and
interaction.
Keywords
Supporting Institution
Cukurova University
Project Number
5545/PSE – 5545/BEK
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
October 30, 2019
Submission Date
July 23, 2019
Acceptance Date
October 18, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 48 Number: 2
APA
Uygungül Yılmaz, Ö., & Kaf, Ö. (2019). The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students’ Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 48(2), 1340-1366. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.595810
AMA
1.Uygungül Yılmaz Ö, Kaf Ö. The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students’ Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2019;48(2):1340-1366. doi:10.14812/cuefd.595810
Chicago
Uygungül Yılmaz, Özge, and Özlem Kaf. 2019. “The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students’ Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 48 (2): 1340-66. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.595810.
EndNote
Uygungül Yılmaz Ö, Kaf Ö (October 1, 2019) The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students’ Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 48 2 1340–1366.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Uygungül Yılmaz and Ö. Kaf, “The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students’ Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles”, Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 1340–1366, Oct. 2019, doi: 10.14812/cuefd.595810.
ISNAD
Uygungül Yılmaz, Özge - Kaf, Özlem. “The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students’ Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 48/2 (October 1, 2019): 1340-1366. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.595810.
JAMA
1.Uygungül Yılmaz Ö, Kaf Ö. The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students’ Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2019;48:1340–1366.
MLA
Uygungül Yılmaz, Özge, and Özlem Kaf. “The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students’ Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 48, no. 2, Oct. 2019, pp. 1340-66, doi:10.14812/cuefd.595810.
Vancouver
1.Özge Uygungül Yılmaz, Özlem Kaf. The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students’ Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2019 Oct. 1;48(2):1340-66. doi:10.14812/cuefd.595810