In this study 4th grade students’ the level of understanding and misconceptions of the basic concepts in the social studies course curriculum was investigated. The study, which was carried out in the fall semester of the 2022- 2023 academic year, was implemented with the primary school students in the province of Malatya. The participant group identified by the criterion sampling method consisted of 40 (22 girls, 18 boys) 4th grade students. The study was methodically designed in the surveymodel. Among the semi-structured questions consisting of 16 short-answer and open-ended questions, the concepts of identity, rights, citizenship, chronology, national sovereignty, national struggle, museum, culture, empathy, respect, responsibility, map, sketch, human geography, natural disaster and geographical features are available. Descriptive analysis technique was used in the analysis of the data. In compliance with the findings, it was concluded that the majority of the 4th grade students answered the related concepts at the level of comprehension and limited comprehension and that the statements were mostly generated by taking into account the examples acquired in the lesson and from daily life. The students mostly generated their misconceptions around the abstract and less convenient concepts such as human geography and geographical features.

Keywords: Teaching of Social Studies, Concept, Misconceptions