Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of lessons trained through large group discussion method in a classroom environment during 10-15 min at the end of silent book reading activity for the first thirty minutes during a term upon attitudes of students towards learning and reading habit. The research was carried out with totally 89 students including 58 males and 31 females having Effective Communication lesson and studying in the 3rd grade of Adiyaman University, Faculty of Education and Elementary Education Social Sciences Department. For the analysis of obtained data, SPSS 20.00 package program was used. As result of data analysis, it was concluded that Book Reading Method (BRM) positively affected attitudes of students towards learning and reading habit.

Key words: Attitudes towards learning, book reading method, large group discussion, reading habit.