TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD BIOLOGY: THE EFFECTS OF GENDER AND ENROLMENT IN BIOLOGY CLASSES

摘要: Research on the relationship between learners’ attitude and achievement is fundamental in science education (Weinburgh, 1995). In general, attitudes, goals interest have been identified as important for student’s understanding, learning their academic success. Nowadays, biology has received special attention by educators researchers because rapid progress this area influences our everyday lives since today’s raises a wide range of ethical issues (Reiss, 2006) (i.e. therapeutic cloning, animal experimentation) environmental (i.e., global climate change, conservation). From perspective, development positive toward should be an goal curriculum developer, teacher, students scholar. So, importance investigation becomes more relevant, especially when studies reveal alarmingly low children all age groups (Ramsden, 1998; Stark & Gray, 1999). It generally appreciated that association exist. The findings earlier confirmed was or less correlated with achievement. For example, one most powerful meta-analyses concluded correlation tURkIsH UnIVeRsItY stUDents’ AttItUDes towARD BIoLoGY: tHe eFFeCts oF GenDeR AnD enRoLMent BIoLoGY CLAsses