Research Article

Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in terms of Some Variables

Volume: 8 Number: 3 December 29, 2018
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Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in terms of Some Variables

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reveal the relation between anxiety and attitude scores of the secondary school students. In addition to this, in the present study, the anxiety and attitude scores of the students for Geography lesson were examined in terms of their achievement levels, gender, grade level and school type variables. The relational screening model was used in the present study and total of 2854 students attending to secondary schools in Karabük city center joined the research within the 2016- 2017 academic year. In the present study, it was determined that there is a moderate-level, negative and significant relation between the anxiety and attitude scores of the secondary school students. In addition, it was also determined that the anxiety levels of the students about Geography lessons were low; however, their attitude levels were positive. In the present study, a significant difference was detected between the gender, achievement level, class level and type of school and Geography attitude averages of the students. It was also determined in the present study that as the success levels of the students increased, and the geography lesson anxiety scores decreased. In the present study, it was determined that there were no significant differences between the geography lesson anxiety scores and gender and grade levels of the students. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Murat Tülümen This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 29, 2018

Submission Date

May 9, 2018

Acceptance Date

November 14, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 8 Number: 3

APA
Aydın, F., & Tülümen, M. (2018). Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in terms of Some Variables. Review of International Geographical Education Online, 8(3), 473-499. https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.505247
AMA
1.Aydın F, Tülümen M. Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in terms of Some Variables. Review of International Geographical Education Online. 2018;8(3):473-499. doi:10.33403/rigeo.505247
Chicago
Aydın, Fatih, and Murat Tülümen. 2018. “Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in Terms of Some Variables”. Review of International Geographical Education Online 8 (3): 473-99. https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.505247.
EndNote
Aydın F, Tülümen M (December 1, 2018) Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in terms of Some Variables. Review of International Geographical Education Online 8 3 473–499.
IEEE
[1]F. Aydın and M. Tülümen, “Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in terms of Some Variables”, Review of International Geographical Education Online, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 473–499, Dec. 2018, doi: 10.33403/rigeo.505247.
ISNAD
Aydın, Fatih - Tülümen, Murat. “Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in Terms of Some Variables”. Review of International Geographical Education Online 8/3 (December 1, 2018): 473-499. https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.505247.
JAMA
1.Aydın F, Tülümen M. Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in terms of Some Variables. Review of International Geographical Education Online. 2018;8:473–499.
MLA
Aydın, Fatih, and Murat Tülümen. “Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in Terms of Some Variables”. Review of International Geographical Education Online, vol. 8, no. 3, Dec. 2018, pp. 473-99, doi:10.33403/rigeo.505247.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Aydın, Murat Tülümen. Examining the Anxiety and Attitudes of Secondary School Students towards Geography Lessons in terms of Some Variables. Review of International Geographical Education Online. 2018 Dec. 1;8(3):473-99. doi:10.33403/rigeo.505247