The study on the attitudes towards the student selection system for higher education in terms of student characteristics

Abstract

This study aims at examining whether there was a significant difference between the attitude scores of the high school senior students who entered the student selection examinations for higher education in 2010 towards the examination and some of their characteristics. The study was carried out with 1116 students in Ankara province. The data was collected by means of “Student Survey” and “The Attitude Scale towards Student Selection Examination”, and analyzed by means of independent sample t-test and one-way variance analysis. At the end of the study, it was found that there was no significant difference among the attitude mean scores of the students towards the examination in terms of gender; the attitude scores of the students whose exam achievement scores were in the high score were more positive; there was a significant difference among the attitude scores of the students whose parents’ educational levels were different only according to the educational level of the father; the attitudes of the students who did not go to a private course and were pleased with the two-stage examination were more positive.