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This research aims to examine the arguments of primary school 4th-grade students about foods and the views of the students participating in the practice in argumentation activities structured with the creative drama method. Two sub-problems were examined within the scope of the research. These sub-problems are "What is the effect of argumentation activities structured with creative drama method on the development of argument quality of primary school students?" and “What are the opinions of the primary school students who participated in the training about the argumentation activities prepared with the creative drama method?”. The activities were implemented in a primary school in Rize, Turkey. The school where the application takes place is a public school. The practitioner works as a classroom teacher in the same school. Twenty-seven primary school 4th-grade students participated in the study. The gender distribution of the students participating in the application is 14 girls and 13 boys. In this research, easily accessible sampling method was used. The research was carried out in the 4th grade “Our Foods” unit, taking into account the Ministry of National Education (MEB) 2018 Science Course Curriculum. During the research process, argumentation activities structured with the creative drama method were carried out with the students for a total of 6 weeks (18 lesson hours). "Turkish Argumentation Model Rating Scale" and student diaries were used as data collection tools in the research. In the analysis of the data, quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods were used together. As a result of the research, it was determined that the argumentation activities structured with the creative drama method improved the argument quality of the students and that the students expressed positive opinions about these activities. Therefore, it has been concluded that the creative drama method is an effective method that can improve the argumentation skills of primary school students.

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