@article{article_309050, title={The Effects of Curricula at Mevlana Public and Science Center on Students’ Science Process Skills and Attitudes Toward Science}, journal={Kastamonu Education Journal}, volume={25}, pages={283–298}, year={2017}, DOI={10.24106/kefdergi.309050}, author={Öztürk, Aysun and Başbay, Alper}, keywords={Science centers,curriculum development,learning through experience,science process skills,attitude toward science.}, abstract={<p>This study aims to determine the effects of curricula at Bornova Municipality Mevlana </p> <p>Public and Science Center (BM-MPSC) which carried out as an alternative education project, </p> <p>on students’ science process skills and attitudes toward science. In accordance with this </p> <p>purpose, Science Club Curriculum design was formed and the emphasis was given to learning </p> <p>through first-hand experience, gaining science process skills and developing positive attitudes </p> <p>toward science in this process. In the study, quasi experimental design with pre-test post-test nonequivalent control group was applied. In this study, “Science Process Skills Test” and </p> <p>“Scientific Attitude Scale” were used as data collection tools. According to the findings, after </p> <p>the experimental process, there is a significant difference in science process skills within the </p> <p>experimental group, while there is no significant difference in science process skills within </p> <p>the control group. However, there is no significant difference in scientific attitudes within </p> <p>experimental and control groups and between the two groups </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Kastamonu University}