The Effects of the Teaching with Drama on the Social Skills, Empathic skills and Academic Achievement Levels of the Students

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.