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The purpose of this research is to examine the prospective biology teachers’ study skills and to compare in terms of gender. The sample of the study, which was implemented with survey method, consisted of 62 (40 females, 22 males) prospective biology teachers studying in Education Faculty of Ataturk University. For determining the teachers’ study skills, the data were collected through “Study Skill Questionnaire (SSQ) originally developed by Bay, Tuğluk and Gençdoğan (2004). The five-point Likert type SSQ included in totally 26 items with three sub-dimensions: (1) motivation (2) time management (3) preparation for exams-test anxiety. Cronbach’s Alpha for the overall scale was calculated as 0.729. The findings obtained from data analyzed by SPSS.18 indicated that the prospective biology teachers had low level of study skills for all subdimensions of the SSQ. Additionally, the findings for overall SSQ showed that there was not a statistically important difference between genders. As a result, recommendations were suggested towards development of the prospective teachers’ study skills.
The purpose of this research is to examine the prospective biology teachers' study skills and to compare in terms of gender. The sample of the study, which was implemented with survey method, consisted of 62 (40 females, 22 males) prospective biology teachers studying in Education Faculty of Ataturk University. For determining the teachers' study skills, the data were collected through "Study Skill Questionnaire (SSQ) originally developed by Bay, Tuğluk and Gençdoğan (2004). The five-point Likert type SSQ included in total 26 items with three sub-dimensions: (1) motivation (2) time management (3) preparation for exams-test anxiety. Cronbach's Alpha for the overall scale was calculated as 0.729. The findings obtained from data analyzed by SPSS. 18 indicated that the prospective biology teachers had low level of study skills for all subdimensions of the SSQ. Additionally, the findings for overall SSQ showed that there was no statistically important difference between genders. As a result, recommendations were suggested towards the development of the prospective teachers' study skills.
Field : Eğitim Bilimleri
Journal Type : Uluslararası
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