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The purpose of this research is to study whether the drama method in Social Information courses and whether teaching has an impact on the levels of social skills, empathic skills and academic success for high school students. The study used the "Solomon four-group research model". The study group consists of 127 students of the 7th grade. The appropriate sampling method has been used from non-selective sampling methods in the creation of working groups. In the social knowledge classes, the method of teaching was applied in the experimental groups as the drama, and in the control groups the traditional method of teaching. The study used the Empatic Skills Scale B Form, the Social Skills Scale and the Academic Success Test as a data collection tool. According to the research, the class of social information processed by the drama method has found that the class processed by the traditional teaching method is more effective in improving social skills, empathic skills and academic success.

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The purpose of this study is to examine whether the education with drama method in social sciences affects social ability levels, empathic ability levels and academic achievements of 7th graders or not. “Solomon four-group research model” was used in the research. Work group of the research composes from 127 seventh graders. In creating work groups, appropriate sampling was used. In the study conducted in social sciences, the method used in experiment groups was drama, whereas the method used in control groups was traditional education. Data collection tool of the research was Social Ability Scale, Empathic Ability Scale B Form and Academic Achievement Tests was used. According to the research results; It was concluded that the social studies course taught with drama method is more effective in increasing social skills, empathic skills and academic success compared to the course taught with traditional teaching methods.