The affect of using creative drama method on students? achievement and attitude in "geography and world" unit of social studies lessons

In this research; the aim was experiment the effectiveness of creative dramamethod in social studies lessons on students? cognitive achievement and affectiveattitudes. In order to make this real; sampling group was chosen among the studentsin Van Beyüzümü 80. Yıl Elementary School.The research was limited to the unit named ?Geography and Earth? in socialstudies. The sub-problem quesions tried to be answered on an experimental groupand a kontrol group. To realize this; an achievement test and an attitude scale hasbeen developed by researcher. In order to test the sub-problem questions; pre-test andpost-test method were applied.The findings showed that the achievement and attitude scores of experimentalgroup were higher than the control group has, because of using creative dramainstruction method in the experimental.