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Attitudes of science teachers towards thought experiments

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Mehmet Şükrü Alp1, *, Ali Çetin2, Mehmet Ramazanoğlu2
1Teacher, Altıyol Imam Hatip Secondary School, Mathematics and Science Education Department, İstanbul, Turkey
2Assoc.Prof. Dr., Siirt University, Faculty of Education, Mathematics and Science Education Department, Siirt, Turkey
*Corresponding author. Email: fs_alp@hotmail.com
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Available Online 29 February 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-380-1_32How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Thought Experiments; Attitudes; Science Teachers
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of science teachers towards thought experiments. One of the quantitative research methods, descriptive survey was carried out with 204 science teachers working in the public schools. Accessible sampling method was used and teachers was voluntarily participated the study. Teachers’ Attitudes Scale towards Thought Experiments was applied as a data collection tool. The scale was developed by the researchers before the study. The reliability coefficient Croanbach Alpha is .94. Teachers’ attitudes towards thought experiments was searched due to teachers’ gender, education status, teachers’ status through benefiting from academic publications and professional seniority. The data was analyzed by using SPSS program with these variables. As finding of the study there was no significant difference in terms of the all variables in the attitudes of science teachers towards thought experiments. As a result, it was found that the level of attitudes of science teachers towards thought experiment is in the low level. In this context, in-depth qualitative studies can be performed to understand the reasons of this result and similar quantitative studies can be administered with different variables.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Lifelong Education and Leadership for All (ICLEL 2023)
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Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
29 February 2024
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978-94-6463-380-1
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2667-128X
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10.2991/978-94-6463-380-1_32How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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