Students' Perceptions and Attitudes of Self -Efficacy Oriented by Research-Inquiry

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 31 - 42, 01.06.2018

Cansu Ebren Ozan Özgen Korkmaz

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.18.6.5.1

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The
purpose of this research is to determine whether there is a meaningful
relationship between secondary school students' attitude and perception levels
of self-efficacy oriented by research-inquiry and as well whether students'
attitude and self-efficacy levels differ according to grade and gender. The
working group of the study consist of 234 secondary school students. The
descriptive model of one of the quantitative research methods was used in this
research. The data of the study was collected with Perception Scale of
Self-Efficacy Oriented by Research-Inquiry and Attitude Scale Oriented by
Research-Inquiry. Percentages, mean, Anova, Schieffe and t tests have been
benefited in this study. According to data obtained from the study, it has been
concluded that students' attitude and self-efficacy levels oriented by
research-inquiry were in a high level, it hasn't differed according to gender,
there was a significant difference against the 8th Grade students between Grade
8 and Grade 5 and 7 regarding to the attitude level, there was a significant
difference against the 8th Grade students between Grade 8 and Grade 6 and 7
regarding to self efficacy level, there was a positive and meaningful
relationship between the levels of attitude and self - efficacy at a high
level.

Keywords

Inquiry-based learning, Attitude, Science culture

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