POPULAR MEDIA RESOURCES IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION STUDENTS' TOWARDS BIOLOGY COURSES AND SCIENCE IMPACT ON THEIR ATTITUDES

Abstract

In this research, the influence of popular media sources on students attitudes towards biology lessons and science has been examined. In the study pre-test post-test semi-experimental research design with control group was used. The data collection instruments were applied as pre-test and post-test to control and experimental groups. In the control group, a traditional teaching method based on straight expression and in the experimental group, a booklet prepared from popular media sources and biology teaching was applied. Before the experimental application, the data collection instruments were applied as a pre-test in order to determine the attitudes of the students in the control and experiment groups to biology and informatics. These data collection tools were reapplied to the students in the control and experimental groups at the end of the experimental process and tried to determine whether there was a significant difference between the scores before and after the research process. "Attitude Scale Towards Biology Course" and "Attitude Scale Toward Biology" were applied to both groups as pre-test and post-test to determine attitudes towards biology and informatics. In the analysis of the data, t-Test for Independent Groups and t-Test analyzes for dependent groups were used. There was no significant difference in the level of attitudes of the students in the control group to the biology lesson of the experimental group, which was processed by using the traditional method and the students in the control group by applying the popular media sources, at the end of the experimental process period. It is recommended that studies on this area should be continued because of limited research. The effectiveness of popular media resources application; gender, class level, school type.