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The aim of this study is to determine the school readiness level of primary school students according to the views of primary teachers who teach first grade and to examine whether the school readiness levels differ according to various variables. Descriptive scanning model was used in the study. The universe of the research is composed of primary school first grade teachers who work in Istanbul province and primary school first grade students. The sample of the research is composed of 30 primary teachers who teach first class in Bağcılar, Küçükçekmece, Esenyurt, Esenler and Gaziosmanpaşa districts in Istanbul province and 976 primary school first grade students. The "Primary School Readiness Scale" was used as the data collection tool in the study. As a result of the data analysis, it was seen that the level of readiness to school of primary school first grade students is high according to the average of general total and affective skills, psychomotor skills, self-care skills and cognitive skills subdimensions. The level of school readiness of the primary school first grade students is significantly different according to gender, the pre-school education status, age as of September and education level of mother and father. There is a significant difference of the level of readiness to school of primary school first grade students in favor of girls according to gender variable; in favor of who have preschool education according to the pre-school education status, in affective skills, psychomotor skills, self-care skills and cognitive skills sub-dimensions and general total. In the subdimensions of affective skills, psychomotor skills, self-care skills, and cognitive skills, the students who were 72 months of age or older in as of September as a whole had higher level of readiness to school, followed by students between 66-71 months and 60-65 months. In the subdimensions of affective skills, psychomotor skills, self-care skills, and cognitive skills, the students whose mother and father graduated from university have higher levels of readiness to school, followed by high school graduates, junior high school graduates and primary school graduates respectively.

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