The relationship between level of using reading comprehension strategies and reading comprehension achivement of primary school fourth grade students

The reading comprehension is an important concept not only in person's educational life but also in every aspect of his life. The study aims to determine the relationship between level of using reading comprehension strategies and level of reading comprehension achievement of primary school fourthgrade students in Turkish lesson. The population of study that based on relational screening model consists of 938 fourth-grade students who receive education in the academic year 2016-2017 in 44 primary schools in the province of Bayburt. The sample of the study consists of 503 fourth grade students who are selected according to the proportional cluster sampling method and are not included in the test preparation work. The data of the study were collected by the "Reading Comprehension Achievement Test" prepared by the researcher and the "Reading Comprehension Strategies Scale" developed by Susar Kırmızı (2006). The data of study were analyzed by SPSS. 17 program. Findings in the study showed that the level of using the reading comprehension strategies of the students was "sometimes" and the level of reading comprehension achievement was "moderate". Furthermore, it was found that there was a positive and highly significant relationship between the level of using the reading comprehension strategies and level of reading comprehension achievement of primary school fourthgrade students