4-6. determining the perceptions of self-control- self-management of class students and investigation of their prejudices regarding science education

In the science course, students encounter a series of problems in the process of learning and making sense of knowledge. As stated in the literature, limitations due to personal characteristics of students, family, school (physical structure-peer-teacher), materials, and application limitations in the online environment where experiments are conducted, and lack of mathematics skills affect students' learning of science subjects. This study has aimed to examine the prejudices of the students towards the science course and their perceptions of selfcontrol-selfmanagement, which are thought to cause prejudices and are effective in managing their learning processes. The sample of this research was 4th-6th grade students registered in Konya Metropolitan Municipality Bilgehanes in 2020-2021 education and instruction year. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in the research. The self-control-self-management perceptions scale and then the prejudice questionnaire for science education were administered to the group. The data of selfcontrol-selfmanagement scale were analysed through SPPS 25 (IBM Corp. Released 2017. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 25.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) program and the data of prejudice for science education questionnaire were analysed by NKod, which was developed by Assoc. Dr. Ahmet Yavuz at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University. As a result of this research, the selfcontrol-selfmanagement perceptions of the students in general were found to be slightly above the medium level. It has been observed that the difficulty in learning science terms and remembering information, the negative effects of online distance education in science education, crowded classrooms, and inadequacy of mathematics skills cause students' prejudices towards learning science. Keywords: Prejudice in science education, perception of self-control-self-management, NKod