Investigation of Pre-service Science Teachers’ Opinions about Laboratory Practices in relation to Gender, Grade Level, Their High School Laboratory Experiences and whether They Attend Day-Time Classes or Night- Time Classes

dc.creator	Şendil CAN
dc.date	2012-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:09:09Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:09:09Z
dc.identifier	1304-6020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ec1c4637c1d3414187b0efc917e3dab4
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/12551
dc.description	In achieving the objectives set up in science education, it is of great importance to know the students’ opinions about laboratory practices. Hence, the purpose of the current study is to determine the students’ opinions about laboratory practices and the relationships between these opinions and variables of gender, students’ attending day-time or evening classes, grade level, and students’ effective exposure to laboratory practices during their high school education. The sampling of this study employing survey method consists of 321 first, second, third and fourth-year students attending the department of science teacher education of education faculty at Mugla University in 2010-2011 academic year. The data quantitatively collected were analyzed through independent samples t-test, one-way variance analysis, frequencies and percentages. At the end of the study, it was found that the students’ opinions do not significantly vary depending on the gender variable; yet significantly vary depending on students’ attending day-time or evening classes, grade level, and laboratory practice they were exposed during high school education.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Ekip Ltd. Sti
dc.relation	www.tused.org
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1304-6020
dc.source	Journal of Turkish Science Education, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 3-16 (2012)
dc.subject	Science Education
dc.subject	Laboratory Practices
dc.subject	Pre-Service Science Teachers
dc.subject	Pre-Service Teachers’Opinions
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Investigation of Pre-service Science Teachers’ Opinions about Laboratory Practices in relation to Gender, Grade Level, Their High School Laboratory Experiences and whether They Attend Day-Time Classes or Night- Time Classes
dc.type	article