EXAMINATION OF ATTITUDES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS TURKISH COURSE ACTIVITIES

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine the attitudes of secondary school students towards Turkish course activities according to various variables. In order to determine the sample of the study, deviant case sampling, which is one of the purposeful sampling methods, was used. With the mentioned sampling method, the sample of the study consists of three middle schools which are located in the city center of Erzurum and 2018 TEOG success ranking of which are the high grade, middle and low grade. 400 students participated in total. Of these, 96 were 5th graders, 88 were 6th graders, 105 were 7th graders and 111 were 8th graders. The screening model was used in the study. In order to determine the attitudes of the students, who compose the sample of the study, towards Turkish lesson activities, “Attitude Scale towards Activities of Turkish Course” developed by Cerci and Derman (2016) was used. Obtained data were analyzed by SPSS 22.0 package program. As a result of the study, it was determined that secondary school students' attitudes towards Turkish course did not differ according to school level, it significantly differentiated according to the class level, the grade point average of the 5th grade students was higher than the average of the upper grade students, there was a significant difference in favor of the students who had higher grade point average compared to the Turkish course average, The grade point average of the students with high Turkish course average was higher than those with a lower grade point average and according to the gender, the difference between girl and boy students was significant in favor of girls. The results of the study were discussed with the studies in the field literature which examine the attitudes of secondary schools students towards Turkish course, reading, speaking and writing skills and suggestions were made. Article visualizations: