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Abstract The Problem: Decision making skills help to youngsters to decide their priorities, about developing strategies related with problem solving and deciding the acceptable behavior that related with cognition Purpose of the Research: The aim of the study is to search the effect of drama course on the 4th grade students when bringing in the skills of decision making related to problem solving. Method: The study group is composed of 25 experimental, 25 control group in the total 50 students in degrees of 4th class level. In this study, pre-test and post-test are used. In experimental process, Structured and Unstructured Drama Lesson Educational Programme, which is developed by researcher was used. To determine the students developments about decision making with pre and posttest, "Decision making Skill Evaluation Scale", which was developed by Karakaş (1999) was used. Results: At the end of the study, it isn't seen a significant difference in terms of gender at the accesses scores of the trial and control groups that they gained from decision making skill evaluation scale. On the other hand, it's seen that the access scores of the trial group students differ from the control group students. Conclusion: According to these results, it is seen that both Structured and Unstructured Drama Lesson Educational Programme has an effect on their decision making process. Keywords: Problem Solution, Decision-making, Drama.

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