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ERIC Number: EJ1306180
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-May
Pages: 10
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ISSN: EISSN-2077-2327
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Examination of Elementary School Students' Scientific Attitudes and Intellectual Risk-Taking Behaviors
Küçükaydin, Mensure Alkis
Science Education International, v32 n2 p149-158 May 2021
In this study, the relationship between scientific attitudes and intellectual risk-taking behaviors of fourth-grade students in elementary school in Turkey was examined. A total of 184 students participated in the study, which was conducted based on a survey model. For data collection, the "Scientific Attitude Inventory" and the "Intellectual Risk-Taking and Perceptions About Its Predictors Scale in Science Education" were utilized. Descriptive statistical analyses and t-test, ANOVA, simple linear regression, and multiple regression analyses were utilized for the analysis of the data. As a result of this data analysis, it was observed that these elementary school students have scientific attitudes at the "not sure" level and have intellectual risk-taking behaviors at the "mostly correct" level. Gender was not observed to have an effect on scientific attitude; however, it was effective on intellectual risk-taking behavior. In addition, the analysis results demonstrated that there is a meaningful difference between intellectual risk-taking behaviors of students and the educational levels of their fathers. Moreover, when the relations between other pairs of variables were examined, the variables of intellectual risk-taking, gender, educational level of the mother, and educational level of the father together had low-level but meaningful relations with the scientific attitudes of elementary school students. It was indicated that teachers will contribute to students' adoption of positive scientific attitudes by introducing the lives and studies of scientists, and it was suggested that the effect of changes in educational patterns in classroom environments be examined through experimental studies on intellectual risk-taking behaviors of students. With the results obtained from this study, more light can be shed on what should be done to support students' intellectual risk-taking behaviors.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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