An Assessment of Factors Related to Science Achievement of Turkish Students

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2009-01-01

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Kalender, Ilker
Berberoglu, Giray

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In this study, a hypothesised model with latent variables such as socio-economic status, students' perception of success and interest in different subject matter areas, out-of-school activities, and classroom teaching learning activities in relation to science achievement of the students was tested via linear structural modelling. The data come from the Student Assessment Program-2002 conducted by the Ministry of National Education in Turkey. The results obtained in a sample of 29,911 students indicated that there were positive relationships between the socio-economic status of the students and teacher-centred activities in the classroom with science achievement. On the other hand, student-centred activities did not contribute to explain achievement measures positively. There is a need to scrutinise the quality of student-centred activities in Turkey.

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Education

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66050

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

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https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690801992888

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Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education, Article

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I. Kalender and G. Berberoglu, “An Assessment of Factors Related to Science Achievement of Turkish Students,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, pp. 1379–1394, 2009, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66050.