KINGIR, Sevgi Selçuk Üniversitesi - Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Turkey , AYDEMİR, Nurdane Atatürk Üniversitesi - Kazım Karabekir Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey

An Investigation of the Relationships among 11th Grade Students Attitudes toward Chemistry, Metacognition and Chemistry Achievement

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among 11th grade students’ metacognition, chemistry achievement and attitudes toward chemistry. A total of 81 high school students at 11th grade participated in this study. Data were collected using Metacognitive Awareness Inventory and Attitude Scale toward Chemistry at the end of the second half of the academic year 2010–2011. Students’ report card mean scores in chemistry course for that academic year were used as an indicator of their chemistry achievement. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis. The results revealed that Turkish high school students held more declarative and conditional knowledge than procedural knowledge, and used debugging strategies more than the other strategies (planning, information management, monitoring and evaluating) to regulate their cognition. Significant associations were detected between attitude toward chemistry and chemistry achievement and metacognition, and between knowledge of cognition and regulation of cognition.

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Attitude toward chemistry , Chemistry achievement , Metacognition

Gazi University Journal Of Gazi Educational Faculty

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