Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine the science anxiety levels of secondary school students with regard to certain variables. In this study, quantitative research method was used. The study has a relational screening model.  The study has been conducted with 480 students who participated from 2 different secondary schools in İstanbul-Turkey at  2015-2016 academic year. “Science Anxiety Scale”  developed by Güzeller and Doğu (2011)  and  Personal Information Inventory were used as data collection tools. Report card grades of science studies lesson were used as the academic success scores. SPSS 20.0 was used for the data analysis. A statistically significant difference was determined as a result of the study between the “science anxiety levels” of students and “class level”, “liking science course”, “liking science teacher”, “weekly period of time for studying science” and “the number of scientific magazines/books at home” variables.  On the other hand,  the “gender” variable didn’t show significant difference. It has been concluded that there is a medium level meaningful relationship between students’ science anxiety levels and their academic achievement in the negative way.

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