Özet:

This research was aimed to examine visual perception levels of first year elementary school students. 185 first grade elementary school students in Didim, Aydın in 2009-2010 were the sample of this research at which survey method was used. Students' visual perception levels were determined by means of Turkish version which was named as Developmental Test of Visual Perception-2 made by by Duru (2008). The results showed that students' visual perception levels were moderate. There was no significant difference between gender and visual perception. However there were significant differences between visual perception levels and parental educational levels, background of story listening by parents during early childhood, early childhood education experience and having reading skill background respectively. There was also significant relationship between students' visual perception levels and academic achievement.

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