PARENTS’ VIEWS REGARDING HOMEWORKS GIVEN IN SCIENCE COURSES

TitlePARENTS’ VIEWS REGARDING HOMEWORKS GIVEN IN SCIENCE COURSES
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsDeveci, İ, Önder, İ, Çepni, S
JournalJournal of Baltic Science Education
Volume12
Issue4
Start Page497-508
Date PublishedDecember/2013
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN1648-3898
Other NumbersICID: 1067197
Keywordshomework, Opinions, science education
Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore parents’ opinions about homework assignments given in science and technology courses. The sample of the study was composed of 764 parents who reside in the city of Osmaniye in Turkey. The data were collected by a “Parent Homework Scale” developed by the researcher. The instrument includes three subscales; function, attitude and behavior. U-Test and H-Test were employed to identify any difference among variables. The findings showed that there was no significant difference in parents’ scores on attitude and behavior subscales of the instrument regarding gender, educational background, occupation, and average monthly income. When function subscales scores were investigated according to gender educational background, occupation, average monthly income, it was observed that civil servants in occupational category had lower function scores than self-employed, farmer, worker, artisan, and retired. It was found that university graduates in level of education category had lower function scores than primary school graduates, secondary school graduates, and high school graduates. It was also found that high income in the monthly income group had lower function scores than other members in each related group.

URLhttp://oaji.net/articles/2015/987-1425809498.pdf
DOI10.33225/jbse/13.12.497
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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