Abstract

This study aimed to determine attitude levels of primary school students towards science courses and to examine them in terms of different variables (gender, reading books/journals about science courses, watching broadcasts about science courses, grade in science courses, use of laboratory and use of technological applications). The sample of the study was 163 students attending the 4th grade. In this research, in which a scanning model was used, "Attitude Scale towards Science Course" was used as a data collection tool. Independent samples t-test and oneway anova were used to analyze for the data. As a result of the study, it was determined that there was no significant difference between the attitude levels of 4 th grade primary school students towards science courses according to the variables of student gender and the frequency of using technological applications. It was observed that there was a significant difference in the attitude towards science courses according to the variables of the students' science achievement grade and the frequency of using the laboratory, reading books on science and journal article. It was concluded with suggestions to the teachers in order to eliminate negative attitudes of the students and to ensure that they develop a positive attitude towards science courses.

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