Özet:

The ability of children to gain social skills in school years is associated with a variety of factors. Identifying these relationships can lead in providing social skills to children and measuring how much social skills are gained. The objective of this study is to study the social skills of primary school fourth grade students according to variables such as gender, mother and father’s educational status, brother’s number, birth order, perception of being loved by the people they live together at home, perception of being loved by the class teacher, the state of participation in social activities at school, the state of rewarding when they are in positive behavior at home or at school, and academic success. The research has used a screening model. The Social Skills Scale used in the research was developed by Kocayörük (2000). The study found significant differences between gender, the perception of being loved by the people with whom they live at home, the perception of being loved by the class teacher, the state of participation in social activities at school, the state of rewarding when positive behaviors are performed at home or at school, and the social skill scores. The level of social skills of students in Turkish, Mathematics, Science, Social Information, Music, Visual Arts, Game and Physical Events Course has been shown to have a meaningful relationship between academic achievements in a statistical positive direction.