Abstract:

In Turkey, the central exam system applied in the process of transition to high school students is seen to be changing each year. With the effect of this change, emotions such as stress, depression and anxiety arise in students. This is due to the student’s exam concern. Examination concerns occur in the field of science, as in every field. Thus, this study was carried out in 2018 with the aim of examining the level of the science exam concerns of eighth-class students who had experienced the exam change due to the start of an exam under the name of the "Graduate Education to Secondary Education Transition" and instead of the "Graduate Education Transition Examination". The study was carried out in the scan pattern of the quantum research method. The sample of the study consisted of 108 women, 104 men, and a total of 212 people in different school areas in the Ulukışla district of Niğde. These persons are selected using the appropriate sample type of non-rasual sample types. The scale of science anxiety is used as a data collection tool. The validity and reliability of this scale is done. The analysis of the study was carried out with independent sampling t-test, ANOVA and ANCOVA tests. The results of the analysis have found that students of the eighth class who have experienced the exam change have an average level of science exam anxiety. There is no statistically significant difference between women and male students' science exam concern scores. Similarly, according to school areas, there has been no statistically meaningful difference between students’ science exam concerns. Research findings and limitations were discussed and recommended in order to guide the researchers.