The level of considering Critical thinking skills in the book of social studies of primary schools according to teachers’ point of view

to examine and evaluate of attention level to critical thinking skills in primary schools’ social studies book the statistical population of this research is all primary teachers in Qom who teach to third till six level students. Samples who are 361 individuals are chosen randomly based on Morgan list. The method of data gathering is a researcher- made questioner which has 32 questions based on critical thinking methods (analysis, synthesize, evaluation, explain) whose validity and reliability has been confirmed. The data analysis is done by one- sample T test. Findings: The findings of the research show that:1- The level of paying attention to critical thinking skills are different in (analysis, synthesize, evaluation, explain).
2- Critical thinking skills have a low level in all social studies books in (analysis, synthesize, evaluation, explain) during all third till six levels of primary schools.
3- The relative situation of critical thinking skills in explaining level is better than other levels.
4- Totally, the social studies books of primary schools are not good in making critical thinking skills in students. paying more attention to critical thinking skills is necessary. However, since evaluation skill is paid least attention, the policy makers have to pay more attention in writing books to develop evaluation ability for students