6th grade primary school students understanding level and misconceptions in the subject of population and settlement

ABSTRACT6 th GRADE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS? UNDERSTANDING LEVEL ANDMISCONCEPTIONS IN THE SUBJECT OF POPULATION AND SETTLEMENTFatih ÇAKMAKPrimary Education Graduate ProsromAfyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, The Institute of Social Sciences2006SeptemberAdvisor: Prof. Dr. Hakkı YAZICIAs the foundation of some of the important geography and history concepts are laidout in the social study lectures in primary school, any wrong and faulty information that canbe given to the student at this level causes the student to form errors about these concepts.The aim of this study is to define and reveal the misconceptions that students at thesixth grade in primary school have in the subject of ?population and settlement? in socialstudies lecture. This study was made in the spring session of 2006 with 191 students at thesixth grade in four primary schools one of which is in a village and three of them are in thecity centre.With analyzing the datum, it was determined that students have misconceptions aboutthe subjects ?population and settlement?. Moreover, according to the educational status of theparents of students and the schools from different regions of education, an importantdifference came out among the percentage of the success of students in the test about thesubject ?population and settlement?.Key Words: Social Science, Concept, Misconceptions