Abstract:

This study aims to identify and evaluate the levels of the students of 5th grade in primary schools possessing the scientific process skills. The sample of the study consists of 452 5th-class students studying in a total of 20 primary schools located in the Afyonkarahisar province and towns, randomly chosen. In the process of analysis of the data obtained in the study, percentage, arithmetic average, t-test and one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) were used. In the statistical analysis, the level of significance was considered as .05. According to the findings of the study, the levels of students’ scientific process skills have shown significant differences in their parents’ educational conditions, the types of institutions in schools, and in their computer skills. There is no gender difference.