Özet:

Scientific centers hold an important place in the teaching of sciences, as an out-of-school learning environment. It aims to provide the environments that are needed to realize learning and that support students to learn in a positive direction. This study aims to identify the views of primary and secondary school students who participate in the workshops and study the differentiation of these views according to gender, class level and school type variables. In this context, the research work group, in the 2017-2018 educational and academic year, constitutes a total of 662 primary and secondary school students, including 329 men and 333 girls, from 23 different state schools in the Konya province center that participate in the workshops of the Konya Science Center. The data collection tool developed by the researcher is the 31 material workshop work assessment measurement (ACDÖ) implemented in the 3 likert type. In the study, a visual scan model was used. With the implementation of the prepared scale to their emotions, thoughts and behaviors, it has been seen that with the age of students, their positive thoughts on the workshops of the science center have developed and the desire to be a scientist in the future has also been formed to do scientific research. It has also been found that it is more difficult for boys to participate in workshop studies than girls students. The findings have shown that the scientific centers must be visited by the participants of all ages and the quality of the efficiency of these visits should be enhanced by academic studies.

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