A Study of Primary Fourth Grade Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement Levels and Attitudes Towards Reading

Abstract

This study aims to investigate primary school 4th grade students ' reading comprehension achievement levels and their attitudes towards reading. The study is a descriptive survey model and it was conducted on 193 students selected randomly from 4th grade students. Reading attitude scales towards and reading comprehension test were used as data collection tools. As a results of the research it was found out that 4th grade of primary school students ' reading comprehension achievement level is high and their attitudes towards reading is good; it was also concluded that reading comprehension achievement levels differentiate in favor of the students living in the urban rather than living in rural areas. However, the results also show that attitudes towards reading do not differ according to the place of residence.