Science course for students is the first step in science for them. This study has been done to find out the relation between students’ success in science lessons and interest, attitude and anxiety towards the science. The correlational survey method was used in this research. The universe of the study is the 4th grade students attending to the elementary schools in Amasya City in 2016-2017 academic year and the sample consists of 211 students. The Unit Light and Sound Achievement Test, The Scale of Interest Towards Science, The Scale of Anxiety Towards Science, The Scale of Attittude Towards Science and the personal information form are the data collecting tools. The data was analysed in the SPSS 20.0 programme. It has been found out in the analyses the students’ success, attittudes and interests are over average, their anxiety is low. No meaningful difference in terms of gender has been found out in the student achievement, attittude, anxiety and the interest. It has been concluded that decrasing students’ anxiety towards the science will increase their attitude and achievements. Regression equation was developed for the study. The class teachers are suggested that enlarging the students’ field of interest by applying different activities during science course can change their anxiety and attittude towards science.
Science succes science attitude science anxiety science interest
Science course for students is the first step in science for them. This study has been done to find out the relation between students’ success in science lessons and interest, attitude and anxiety towards the science. The correlational survey method was used in this research. The universe of the study is the 4th grade students attending to the elementary schools in Amasya City in 2016-2017 academic year and the sample consists of 211 students. The Unit Light and Sound Achievement Test, The Scale of Interest Towards Science, The Scale of Anxiety towards Science, The Scale of Attittude towards Science and the personal information form are the data collecting tools. The data was analysed in the SPSS 20.0 programme. It has been found out in the analyses the students’ success, attittudes and interests are over average, their anxiety is low. No meaningful difference in terms of gender has been found out in the student achievement, attittude, anxiety and the interest. It has been concluded that decrasing students’ anxiety towards the science will increase their attitude and achievements. Regression equation was developed for the study. The class teachers are suggested that enlarging the students’ field of interest by applying different activities during science course can change their anxiety and attittude towards science.
Science succes science attitude science anxiety science interest
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Makaleler |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 31 Mart 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 1 |