Primary School Students' Level of Participation in Sport in Terms of Different Variables and the Relationship Between the Level of Participation and Communication Skills

Abstract

In this research, the relationships between the level of participation of the primary school students in sports activities and their communication skills in terms of different types of variables are studied.This study obtains some findings from the questionnaire preferred as the research method. The first part of the questionnaire improved by the researchers consists of 8 items and focus on the personal information of the students who participate in the survey. The second part of the questionnaire prepared in the study includes 7 items and it determines the level of participation in sports activities. The last part of the questionnaire of the study contains 45 questions developed by Ersanlı and Balcı (1996) in ‘Communication Skills Inventory’ to assess the students' communication skills.As a result of the research, striking findings are reached so that students' level of participation in sports activities and their communication skills significantly change according to their genders, ages, their parent's education, level of income and their social status.