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This study aiming to determine whether there is a relationship between social skills and problem solving skills of students in Primary Education Department of the Faculty of Education and reveal the differences between departments is a descriptive study done with the relational screening model. A total of 246 prospective teachers who were studying in the first and fourth grade in the departments of Pre-School Education and Classroom Education in the Department of Basic Education of Abant İzzet Baysal University Education Faculty were included In the study group, in the 2016-2017 academic year. The Social Skill Inventory (SOBE) developed by Aydoğan and Özyürek (2016) and the Problem Solving Inventory (PÇE) developed by Heppner and Peterson (1982) were used to collect the data. In the analysis of the data obtained, t test, unidirectional variance analysis (ANOVA), Kruskal Wallis H test, and Pearson Correlation Coefficient were used for number, percentage, unrelated samples. As a result of the research, it was found that there was a positive and meaningful relationship between the students' social skills proficiency and problem solving skill perceptions, that the age of the students caused a significant difference in the social skill levels of the students, and that the pre-primary education students, the female students, the fourth grade students and the students with high academic averages had higher level of social skills and more adequate problem solving perception.

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