Primary education first grade fifth class students academic achievement basis from aspect social support sources study

IIIABSTRACTPRIMARY EDUCATION FIRST GRADE FIFTH CLASS STUDENTSACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BASIS FROM ASPECT SOCIAL SUPPORTSOURCES STUDYİmer KARADAĞM.A. Dissertation, Department of Educational SciencesSupervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Filiz YURTALJune-2007, 79 pagesResearchers aim, is to find out to investigate if the success level of theelementary education fifth class students and it is dependence on family education level,friends and the social support which is taken from the teachers depends and differ. Thestudy is put together with the Qualitative and Quantitative research designs and thecreation of the research includes a lower, a middle, and upper social class level 3 totalelementary education the term 2005-2006 fifth class students which is in Adana citycenter, illustration of the research is put together in 305 students who was chosen with aadvance planning.In research process to find out the social support level which is given byfamily, friends, and the teachers a survey form was used which is called Social SupportSurvey and other survey questions. And all these comprised the research.In the findings of the research; From the family social support point of view thestudents who are successful gets better support without a question of success or failurethen those who aren?t successful. Moreover they would be able to talk to their familiesabout any topic concerns their education and social life. In the research it was found thatthe students were important for their families and they felt this importance towardsthem. Another finding is that they were able to express these feelings and supportsgiven by their family.IVFrom the friends social support point of view; the students who get positivesupport from their friends are more successful then those who don?t. They were lovedby their friends and they were asked their ideas by their friends before making anydecision. They felt that their friends are really close to them and if there was anyproblem they knew that their friends would be there to support and find a way to solveit. They expressed that they weren?t discriminated by their friends and instead of takingany academic support, they were willing to give more.From the teachers social support point of view; the students are successful getsmore positive support from their teachers than those are not successful. They expressedthat their teachers gave importance to their ideas, and was fair to all the students in theclass. They were able to communicate with an interruption. And if there was anyproblem concerning to them, teachers warned them by talking.Key Words: Social Support, Academic Achievement, Friends Relationship,Teacher-Student Relation, Parent Relation