Investigation of 9th Grade High School Students’ Attitudes towards Science Course

Authors : Orhan Karamustafaoğlu, Adem Bayar

Pages : 119-129

Doi:10.21449/ijate.365073

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Publication Date : 2018-01-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study, ninth grade students’ attitudes towards science were investigated in terms of self-regulation strategies, motivational beliefs and gender variables. The sample of this study includes 322 male and 296 female in total 618 students from 3 different high schools insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Science high school, Anatolian high school, and Vocational high school); in center district of Amasya city. To collect the data, the researchers employed “Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire” which has been developed by Pintrich and De Groot in 1990, adapted into Turkish by Uredi in 2005 and consists of 44 items and “Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CLASS);” has been developed by Adams and others in 2006, adapted into Turkish by Bayar and Karamustafaoğlu in 2015 and consists of 36 items. For data analysis, mean, standard deviation, independent t-test and correlation were addressed. The results of this study show that there are statistically significant relationships between 9 th grade students’ attitudes towards science and self-regulation strategies, motivational beliefs, and gender.
Keywords : Attitudes towards science, Gender, Self regulation, Motivation

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