@article {193,
	title = {A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY OF CZECH AND TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS{\textquoteright} ATTITUDES TOWARDS ICT USED IN SCIENCE SUBJECTS},
	journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2010},
	month = {June/2010},
	type = {Original article},
	chapter = {119-134},
	abstract = {This paper focuses on differences of attitudes related to information and communication technologies among Czech and Turkish university students. Student attitudes were evaluated summatively and with respect to gender, year, country, and type of residential area (town/village). Student attitudes were measured by a modified version of the Information and Communication Technologies Attitudes Questionnaire (Kubiatko \& Hal{\'a}kov{\'a}, 2009). The sample consisted of a total of 770 unversity students (316 Czech and 454 Turkish). The data analysis included factor analysis, MANCOVA, ANOVA, and t-test. The factor analysis yielded five dimensions: 1) Influence of ICT on teaching process, 2) Influence of ICT on human body and environment, 3) Using of ICT in teaching, 4) School and ICT, 5) ICT as didactic equipment. As a result, students from the Czech Republic, male students, sophomores, and students living in town showed more positive attitudes in comparison to other respective groups.},
	keywords = {attitudes, information and communication technologies, Questionnaire, science teaching},
	issn = {1648-3898},
	url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2014/987-1405171457.pdf},
	author = {Milan Kubiatko and Muhammet Usak and Kursad Yilmaz and Mehmet Tasar}
}
@article {171,
	title = {TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS{\textquoteright} ATTITUDES TOWARD BIOLOGY: THE EFFECTS OF GENDER AND ENROLMENT IN BIOLOGY CLASSES},
	journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education},
	volume = {8},
	year = {2009},
	month = {August/2009},
	type = {Original article},
	chapter = {88-96},
	abstract = {Research on the association between achievement and attitudes belong to fundamental questions in science education research. It is proposed that more positive attitudes are associated with better learning outcomes in science. However, recent research has revealed controversial results either supporting or rejecting the {\textquotedblleft}attitude-achievement hypothesis{\textquotedblright}. Moreover, very little is known about attitudes toward science among university students. In this study undertaken with a large number of university students in Turkey (n= 1301), we examined whether achievement correlates with attitudes toward biology, whether girls have more positive attitudes than boys as observed in previous research and whether those who enrolled in biology classes show more positive attitudes toward biology than those in humanities. The results indicated only weak, although statistically significant, association between attitudes and achievement. Furthermore, both achievement and attitudes toward biology were not influenced by gender or enrolment in biology classes. These results somewhat surprisingly cast doubts on relationships between attitudes and achievement and effects of gender on attitudes toward biology among university students.},
	keywords = {attitudes, biology education, science education research},
	issn = {1648-3898},
	url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2014/987-1404739741.pdf},
	author = {Muhammet Usak and Pavol Prokop and Mustafa Ozden and Murat Ozel and Kadir Bilen and Mehmet Erdogan}
}
@article {112,
	title = {THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LEARNERS{\textquoteleft} INTERACTION (FORMS 5 - 12) WITH NATURE: THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF ATTITUDES IN TERMS OF LIFE PROTECTION},
	journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education},
	volume = {5},
	year = {2006},
	month = {October/2006},
	type = {Original article},
	chapter = {5-19},
	abstract = {The theoretical and practical facts prove that humankind increasingly devalue life primarily implementing personal needs and goals. Thus, the major objective of the learners{\textquoteright} science (self) education is fostering respect for nature and life. Although the issue is rather vital, the schoolchildren{\textquoteright}s interaction with nature is poorly investigated in Lithuanian as well as in other European countries. The object of the latter research is disclosing attitudes towards life protection in the process of the interaction with nature. The article deals with the semantic structure and the main peculiarities of the learners{\textquoteright} attitudes towards life protection on the basis of which the factors determining the attitudes could be predicted and an effective system of educational support could be developed. 1787 teenagers participated in the survey. A quantitative and qualitative assessment indicates that more than a half of the respondents (64\% of the answers) have positive attitudes towards the protection of single plants and animals{\textquoteright} species. Less than a half of the surveyed participants expressed neutral and negative attitudes (19\% and 17\% of the answers respectively). Despite the fact that quite a few learners support an idea about life protection, a semantic assessment of the attitude structure shows that the utilitarian, pragmatic and egocentric components of emotions are mainly prevailing. However, an expression of the ethic and value-based components remains weak and more diffusive. The learners{\textquoteright} attitudes towards life protection are full of semantic conversions. Hence, the obtained results presuppose the necessity of educational intervention. },
	keywords = {attitudes, interaction with nature, respect for life, science education, semantic categories},
	issn = {1648-3898},
	url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2014/987-1404234637.pdf},
	author = {Vincentas Lamanauskas and Irena Gailiene and Rytis Vilkonis}
}
