Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2012
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: Fettah Korkmaz
Danışman: ÖMER GEBAN
Özet:The purpose of this study is to determine some of the factors that affect science achievement of eighth grade students in Turkey based on data results of Trends in International Science and Mathematics Study (TIMSS 2007). The present study investigated the relationship between the students’ achievement in science and certain factors such as student centered activities perceived by students, teacher centered activities perceived by students, students‟ attitude towards science, and students‟ need of science. This study was carried out during the spring semester of 2012. The sample was constituted from TIMSS 2007 data, which was collected from 4498 grade eight students from 146 randomly selected schools all over Turkey. The data was analyzed by using multiple regression analysis to investigate which factors were significantly affecting the grade 8 students‟ science achievement. The results showed that science achievement was positively related to all of the variables: attitude towards science, student centered activities, teacher centered activities, and need for science as a whole. However, when analyzing the relationship of each variable on its own with science achievement, it was found that science achievement was positively related to attitude towards science, student centered activities, and teacher centered activities, but not significantly related to need of science. Keywords: TIMSS 2007, science achievement, attitude towards science, student centered activities, teacher centered activities, need of science