Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to determine whether graphic organizers have effect on the success of 4th grade primary students in analyzing and summarizing the expository text. This study is quasi- experimental study with pre-test and post-test design. The research was planned in 8 weeks practicum. Throughout the study while the graphic organizers were being used effectively, in the control group the graphic organizers were excluded from the content of the course. For the study data was collected by researchers with the help of 10 different informational text and 15 open-ended questions prepared for these texts. Two of these texts were used for pre-test and post-test and collected data was analyzed using statistical software. According to the results of the study, a statistically meaningful relationship was found between the students’ use of graphic organizers to analyze the structure of informational texts and their text summarizing achievements. According to the findings of the research in the understanding of informational texts graphic organizers were proposed to be used effectively

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