Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to identify the attitudes of 9th-class students who participate in the teaching process of the subject of human environmental harm in the secondary-school biology course and the effects of existing learning methods used in the application of the collaborative learning method to the biology and environmental behavior. Half-experimental patterns of experimental models were used for the purpose of the research. The examples of the study are made by 103 9th grade students who studied in the different branches of the Caldır High School, associated with the Ardahan Provincial National Education Directorate in the 2011-2012 educational year. As a data collection tool in the study, the Biology Attitude Scale (BPO), the Environmental Behavior Scale (CEDO), the Jigsaw Opinion Scale and the Open Field Questions (AUS) forms were used. The analysis of the data obtained from the quantitative data of the study is analyzed using non-related sample t-test, related sample t-test, frequency (f) and percentage(%) techniques, while the analysis of the quality data is used by the content analysis technique.