Nedim Özdemir|Mustafa Ayral|Leyla Y?lmaz F?nd?k|Ahmet Ünlü|Hakan Özarslan|Erol Rü?tü Bozkurt
The Relationship between Students’ Socioeconomic Status and their Turkish Achievements
relationship socioeconomic status ses student achievement well documented indicates students advantaged backgrounds perform better school numerous international national studies reported significant association students socioeconomic status achievement school study aims examine students turkish achievement associated socioeconomic status study descriptive survey data collected via assessment test conducted altnda counseling research center acrs questionnaire students answered test aim assessment test evaluate students performance literacy skills turkish language class assessment instruments developed acrs target population study consists 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th grades primary schools around altnda district ankara 23036 students participated survey findings study follow association students socioeconomic status performance turkish achievement test statistically significant positive r20 p000 association significant r13 4th grade r26 8th grade education level father closely associated performance education level mother second one closely associated performance association school activities tutoring courses performance weak found consistent negative relationship getting help outside class turkish achievement grade 4 5 however also found inconsistent negative relationship grade 6 consistent positive relationship grade 7 8