Evaluating High School Students' Anxiety and Self-Efficacy towards Biology

Autor/inn/en	Çimen, Osman; Yilmaz, Mehmet
Titel	Evaluating High School Students' Anxiety and Self-Efficacy towards Biology
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 10 (2015) 7, S.987-993 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Biology; Anxiety; Self Efficacy; High School Students; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Student Experience; Teaching Methods; Student Surveys; Grade 9; Grade 10; Grade 11; Statistical Analysis; Predictor Variables; Student Attitudes; Attitude Measures; Turkey (Ankara) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Biologie; Angst; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Studienerfahrung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerbefragung; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Statistische Analyse; Prädiktor; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Anxiety and self-efficacy are among the factors that impact students' performance in biology. The current study aims to investigate high school students' perception of biology anxiety and self-efficacy, in relation to gender, grade level, interest in biology, negative experience associated with biology classes, and teachers' approaches in the class. The research was designed as a survey model. The study group consisted of 160 students in 9th, 10th, and 11th grades at 4 different high schools in Ankara during 2014 Spring Semester. Biology Anxiety Scale and Biology Self-Efficacy Perception Scale, both developed by the researchers, were used as data collection tools. Data were analyzed through t test, ANOVA, and Pearson Correlation in SPSS software package. The research results show that interest in biology and negative past experience were significant predictors of students' biology anxiety and that students' biology self-efficacy percepts significantly differed on gender, grade level, interest in biology, past experiences, and teachers' approaches in the classes. Considering the relationship between anxiety and self-efficacy, activities must be organized at schools in order to reduce students' biology anxieties. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01