Primary School Students' Attitudes Toward Environment

Gökhan Dağdalan & Hacı Mehmet Yeşiltaş

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Original article | International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 2017, Vol. 8(3) 21-26

Primary School Students' Attitudes Toward Environment

Gökhan Dağdalan & Hacı Mehmet Yeşiltaş

pp. 21 - 26 | Manu. Number: MANU-1712-14-0001

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Abstract

This study aims to determine secondary school students’ attitudes toward environment. Within the research, secondary school students’ attitudes were investigated in terms of the educational status of their parents, genders, incomes of their families and grade point averages. In the study, instant survey method was adopted to determine the situation. The research was carried out in 2016-2017 educational year fall semester in Altınordu county of Ordu. The sample consists of 167 fifth grade students from two different public schools. Data, which consists of the level of the students’ attitudes toward environment, was gained from an environmental attitude scale. The collecting data was analyzed with descriptive analysis method and Independent Samples T Test and One-Way ANOVA tests were used by SPSS 22 packaged software. At the end of the research, it was found out that there were meaningful differences among the points of the students’ attitudes toward environment with respect to the all variables.

Keywords: Environmental education, attitude, fifth grade.

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APA 6th edition
Dagdalan, G. & Yesiltas, H.M. (2017). Primary School Students' Attitudes Toward Environment. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 8(3), 21-26.

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Dagdalan, G. and Yesiltas, H. (2017). Primary School Students' Attitudes Toward Environment. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 8(3), pp. 21-26.

Chicago 16th edition
Dagdalan, Gokhan and Haci Mehmet Yesiltas (2017). "Primary School Students' Attitudes Toward Environment". International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 8 (3):21-26.

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