Determination of interest of fourt grade students for visual art lectures by the utilization of educational games

The aim of this research is to determine the interest and visual conception of the fourth grade students for the visual art lessons by the utilization of educational games.Within this search, the contribution of the educational game approach to the kid?s attitude towards visual art lectures. Strategic approaches and techniques, Visual Arts Education, Child Artworks and interrelations of these subjects are analyzed in sections. Pretests and final tests are prepared under consideration of acquisitions stated in Primary school curriculum. The final questions are determined with validity and reliability analysis. As a result mathemathical results are achieved. In this context fourth grade students? test results are evaluated. In addition, 3 from experiment group, 3 from control group in total 6 artistic products selected based on unproportional sampling method are evaluated with artwork evaluation criteria. In this research, descriptive statistical approach and comparative statistical approaches are utilized. Data inserts are realized via MS Excel and data are analyzed by the utilization of SPSS 16.0 packet program which is a widely used statistical analyzing tool in social sciences. Question analysis and reliability analysis are applied on the survey data and by the utilization of t-test, which is an advanced statistical approach, equivalence of the means of the samples are tested.In the evaluation section, the period and the procedure of the education approach is examined. After the evaluations it is determined that educational game approach has contribution to the students? activities. With the pretests and final tests, product evaluations and observations it is determined that educational game approach is effective.