Abstract:

The COVID-19 pandemic process, which continues to influence around the world, is wondering how much the level of anxiety and motivation of adolescent students, which are the most unprotected and unexperienced part of society, could be affected. This study was conducted in order to investigate the high school students' anxiety and motivations for science learning during the COVID-19 pandemic process. The study was conducted in the 2021-2022 academic year, and the participants are high school students who study in the province of Konya and districts. In the research, a relative scanning model was used. In the study, two scales were used: the scale of anxiety towards science and the scale of motivation towards science. For the research, first and foremost Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Ethics Council approved on the date of 07.10.2021 and Decision No. 09-2021/159. The analysis was done with the SPSS package program. In the study, the percentage and frequency distribution for identifiable statistics, the intervariable relationship was studied by Pearson's correlation analysis. The independent sampling t test for gender-based differences was conducted by One Way ANOVA analysis in the study of class differences. According to the results of the analysis, the average scores of students in the Science Learning Orientation Score are below the average level, the total scores of the Science Learning Orientation Score are at good level. The motivation scale to the study of science Active learning strategies has found that the low-dimensional score average is at the highest level. The scale of the students' science learning concern and the scale of the motivation to science learning have found a negative and statistically meaningful relationship between the scale of self-capacity. It has been shown that the student’s class success score does not make a significant difference according to gender and class level.

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