Abstract enThe purpose of this study was to investigate primary school studentsâ attitudes toward plants. Plan Attitude Questionnaire which was adapted by researchers into Turkish was utilized to collect data. The questionnaire was administered to a group of 777 primary sixth, seventh, and eighth students. Results obtained from the study revealed that students had higher attitudes for importance dimension of the questionnaire, while they had lower attitudes for urban trees dimension. It was found that, between gender and attitudes, while there was a significant difference for importance and interest dimensions, there was no any significant difference for urban trees and utilization dimensions. It was also found that girlsâ attitude scores were higher than those of boys. Results also revealed that seventh grade students had higher attitude scores than sixth and eighth grade. In light of findings obtained, educational implications for using plants in science teaching are made.
Alan : Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler
Dergi Türü : Ulusal
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