Analyzing High School Students’ Attitudes towards Biology Course in Different Variables

Abstract

One of the most important aims of Science Education is to provide developments in affective domain for students. Learning in the affective domain includes changing of individuals’ values, beliefs and attitudes. One of the most important concepts that are affected in the affective domain is attitude. Attitudes are defined as “positive or negative attitude of an individual for an object, a situation or a fact” (Güney, 2000), but attitude is an affective variable which is difficult to define. “Attitude towards science”, which has been a subject of many studies in the recent years, can be defined as a combination of sense, belief and values towards an object that is a product of science, science class or an effect on science, public and scientists (Osborne, 2003). As it is known, Science includes physics, chemistry and biology. When the related literature is analyzed, it is seen that studies are divided into physics, chemistry and biology through studies which are done for the attitude towards Science in general.