Abstract:

In this study, it is studied whether the thought education course, which is planned to provide students with thinking skills, will have a positive or negative impact on the success of the social knowledge course in terms of skills. It has the ability to be the first in the field of research. During the study, the students' thinking training was studied in the change in perceptions towards the course. In light of the findings obtained and at the end of the application process, it has been shown that students gained a serious awareness of their thinking skills. This situation is expected to have a positive impact on the student's behalf in the thinking and decision-making processes. The study used the real test model from the test models, and the real test model used the "pre-test - estest control group pattern". For this purpose, tests and control groups have been created. In this context, to measure the academic achievements of students, both the experimental group students and the control group students are applied as the "Academic Success Test" in advance and estest. The SPSS 16 program has been used to analyze the quantitative data obtained from students as a result of the applications. "Unrelated Examples T-Test" was used to determine whether there is a significant difference between the pre-test scores of the academic success test and between the final test scores for students in the experiment and control group. To study the difference between the first test and the final test points within the two groups, the "Related Examples T-Test" will be used and the results obtained will be tabled and expressed. In light of the qualitative and quantitative data obtained, the impact of the thinking training course on the success of social information has been revealed. For the results, recommendations have been developed on how the social information program should be linked to the thinking training course and how the lesson contribution can be provided.

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