Research Article

The Effects of Creative Drama Method on Students' Attitude towards Social Studies With Respect to Learning Styles

Volume: 48 Number: 2 October 30, 2019
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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.

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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

Authors

Özge Uygungül Yılmaz This is me
Türkiye

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

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