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International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 2012, Vol. 3(3) 82-89

A Cross-Age Study on High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Chemistry

Hatice BELGE CAN, Yezdan BOZ

pp. 82 - 89

Publish Date: July 31, 2012  |   Single/Total View: 0/0   |   Single/Total Download: 0/0


Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of grade level on high school students’ attitudes toward chemistry as a school subject. Attitude Scale Toward Chemistry developed by Geban & Ertepınar (1994) was administered to collect data. The sample of the study was composed of 197 high school students from different grades that ranged from Grade 9 to 11. Principal component analyses revealed two dimensions of the scale for this data set and these dimensions were labeled as “enjoyment” and “importance”. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was computed as .93. MANOVA results indicated that grade level had significant effects on high school students’ attitudes toward chemistry as a school subject in terms of both enjoyment and importance dimensions. Post Hoc analyses revealed that there is significant mean differences between Grade 9 and Grade 10 students’ attitudes toward chemistry as a school subject on both dimensions.

Keywords: Attitude toward chemistry, grade level, high school students


How to Cite this Article?

APA 7th edition
CAN, H.B., & BOZ, Y. (2012). A Cross-Age Study on High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Chemistry. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 3(3), 82-89.

Harvard
CAN, H. and BOZ, Y. (2012). A Cross-Age Study on High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Chemistry. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 3(3), pp. 82-89.

Chicago 16th edition
CAN, Hatice BELGE and Yezdan BOZ (2012). "A Cross-Age Study on High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Chemistry". International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 3 (3):82-89.