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In this study, the relationship between reading frequency and critical reading skills of 4th grade students was examined. The aim of the study is to examine the reading frequency and critical reading skill levels of 4th grade students according to the variables such as gender, number of siblings, family education level, parents' job status and to determine whether there is a relationship between students' reading frequency and critical reading skills. A total of 448 students from 4th grade of public schools in Giresun city center participated in the study. In the research, “Personal Information Form”, “Critical Reading Self-Efficacy Perception Scale” and “Personal Quantity Reading Scale” were used as data collection tools. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between primary school 4th grade students' reading frequencies and critical reading skills. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to examine the relationship between gender and the frequency of reading and critical reading skills. Tukey test was used to determine whether there is a statistically significant difference between the scale scores of children of mothers who are university graduates and those of children of primary school, middle school and illiterate mothers. A statistically significant relationship was obtained between the students' scale scores and the mean frequency scores. It is seen that there is a moderate and positive relationship between these two variables.

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