Examining the relationship between academic achievement and attitudes of the middle school students

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Murat Tezer
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8312-9162
Celalettin Özden
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3728-7781
Mucahit Elci

Abstract

In this study, the relationship between academic achievement and attitudes towards “technology and design lesson†of the middle school, eighth grade students’  gender, family income level, parent education level attitudes towards technology and design lesson have been investigated, and examined the relationship between attitudes and academic achievement. Eighth-grade total of 98 students selected from 3 middle schools by simple random sampling method has been identified at research in North Cyprus. The data collection tool used in this study was the ‘technology and design course attitude scale’. Descriptive survey model was used in the research. The data were analyzed using independent sample t-test, Anova, correlation, frequency and percentage calculations. At the end of the research; no significant difference found between attitudes towards technology and design lesson according to students’ gender, family income, parent education levels. Also no significant relationship found between students’ academic achievements in “technology and design course†and “attitudes toward the technology and design courseâ€.


 


Keywords: Technology and design, academic achievement, attitude towards lesson, students

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Tezer, M., Özden, C., & Elci, M. (2016). Examining the relationship between academic achievement and attitudes of the middle school students. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 11(4), 203–212. https://doi.org/10.18844/cjes.v11i4.1171
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