Investigation of the relationship between critical thinking attitudes and democratic attitudes of 4th grade students

The aim of this study is to examine the critical thinking attitude levels of primary school 4th grade students according to variables such as gender, family average monthly income status, daily television viewing time, course achievements, number of books read, place of residence, parent education level, and to determine the relationship between students' critical thinking attitudes and democratic attitudes. The data of the study were collected from 1066 students studying in the 4th grade of 25 primary schools in the central districts of Diyarbakır. In order to collect the personal information of the students, Personal Information Form, Critical Thinking Attitude Scale and Democratic Attitude Scale were applied. In the analysis of collected data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Anova test, Tukey test, correlation and regression analysis methods were used. According to the results of the study, students' critical thinking attitude levels were close to high and democratic attitude levels were high. A significant positive relationship was found between the level of critical thinking attitude of the 4th grade students and the level of democratic attitude. Keywords: Critical Thinking Attitude, Democratic Attitude, Elementary School, 4th Grade Students