COMPARING THE SCIENCE FESTIVAL ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING AS OBSERVERS IN SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIRS

In Turkey, science festivals have become more widespread and have begun to be organized especially in secondary schools. The aim of this research was to determine and compare the science festival attitudes of students participating as observers in 4006- TUBITAK science fairs organized at schools. In...

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Published in:Acta Didactica Napocensia 2018-07, Vol.11 (3/4), p.175-183
Main Authors: Keçeci, Gonca, Zengin, Fikriye Kırbağ, Alan, Burcu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
21st century
21st Century Skills
Attitudes
Fairs & exhibitions
Festivals
Foreign Countries
Inquiry method
Learning
Lifelong Learning
Mathematics
Science Activities
Science education
Science Fairs
Science Interests
Scientists
Secondary School Science
Secondary School Students
Secondary schools
STEM education
Student Attitudes
Student Interests
Studies
Thinking Skills
Variance analysis
Wineries & vineyards
Workshops
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Summary:In Turkey, science festivals have become more widespread and have begun to be organized especially in secondary schools. The aim of this research was to determine and compare the science festival attitudes of students participating as observers in 4006- TUBITAK science fairs organized at schools. In the research, descriptive survey was employed. The sample of the research consisted of 531 (268 female, 263 male) secondary school students of four different schools in different provinces of Turkey. Data were collected with the students of two schools in Elazığ, a school in Malatya and a school in Diyarbakır, using science festival attitude scale. Data were analyzed by using the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results show that students participating in the science fairs have moderate attitude to science festivals. The attitudes of the different school students to science festivals were significantly different. This situation was interpreted as the fact that the workshops taking place at the fairs were varied and different approaches of the teachers and administrators in charge. The attitudes of the students can be raised from moderate to high with the increase of the number of fairs in which students exhibit their projects without competition environment.
ISSN:2065-1430
2065-1430
DOI:10.24193/adn.11.3-4.13