Examining the anxiety and attitudes of secondary school students towards geography lessons in terms of some variables

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2018

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Eyup Artvinli

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Özet

The purpose of this study is to reveal the relation between anxiety and attitude scores of the secondary school students. In addition to this, in the present study, the anxiety and attitude scores of the students for Geography lesson were examined in terms of their achievement levels, gender, grade level and school type variables. The relational screening model was used in the present study and total of 2854 students attending to secondary schools in Karabük city center joined the research within the 2016- 2017 academic year. In the present study, it was determined that there is a moderate-level, negative and significant relation between the anxiety and attitude scores of the secondary school students. In addition, it was also determined that the anxiety levels of the students about Geography lessons were low; however, their attitude levels were positive. In the present study, a significant difference was detected between the gender, achievement level, class level and type of school and Geography attitude averages of the students. It was also determined in the present study that as the success levels of the students increased, and the geography lesson anxiety scores decreased. In the present study, it was determined that there were no significant differences between the geography lesson anxiety scores and gender and grade levels of the students. © RIGEO 2018.

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Anxiety, Attitude, Geography, Geography anxiety, Geography attitude

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Review of International Geographical Education Online

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8

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3

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