Abstract
In this study, it is aimed to examine the attitudes of fourth grade primary school students towards reading in terms ofdifferent variables. In this context, the attitudes of students' reading attitudes were examined according to gender, age,read books regulary and number of books read in a month. The research was prepared in accordance with therelational survey model from the quantitative patterns. The sample of the study consists of 217 primary school fourthgrade students. The data of the study were collected with reading attitude scale prepared by Yurdakal and Susar(2018). Cronbach's Alpha value of the scale is 0.853 and the scale is composed of 4 dimensions and 28 questions.Kruskal Wallis H and Mann Whitney U tests were used to analyze the data. When the results of the research areexamined, the attitudes of the students towards reading do not differ according to gender. Students' attitudes towardsreading varies significantly according to age variable and this significance is in favor of 9-10 years. The students'attitudes towards reading differ with students who do not regularly read books and this is in favor of students who donot read a regular book. The attitudes of students towards reading do not differ according to the number of booksread monthly.
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