Examination of the Skills of S econdary S chool Students to Draw and Analysis Graphs in Three Basic Types of Graphs

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the skills of secondary school students to draw and analysis charts using the bar
chart, line chart and pie chart, known as the three basic chart types in social studies teaching. The research was applied
in the experimental design in the single group post test model, based on the application of the indepe ndent variable to
a single group and the observation of its effect on the dependent variable. The secondary school was attended by a total
of 35 students who were studying in the seventh grade. A teaching model was applied to the research group, which
included activities prepared in accordance with achievements based on the skill to draw and interpret charts during
the research period. The graph drawing and analysis skill checklist (G DAS CL ) scal e developed by the researcher was
used to collect data for the study. Descriptive statistical methods, t test and variance analysis (A NOVA ) were used in
the analysis of the data obtained within the scope of the research. Data obtained from research in grap h plotting and
analysis of scores in all three chart types showed significant differences in the skill in graphing, graphing, and analysis
skill points depending on the chart type of the bar chart showed significant differences in favor observed. Skill to draw
and interpret charts according to their total skill scores, it was observed that the type of chart that students were most
successful at drawing and interpreting was a bar chart, and the type of chart that they were most difficult to draw was
a line c hart