Field of study investigating technical school students' attitudes toward biology course relating to various variables

This study aims to investigate Technical High School students' attitude towards biology course in terms of the variables of gender and major. The scale of "Attitude Towards Biology Course" that was developed by Koçakoğlu ve Türkmen (2010) in order to assess students' atttude towards biology course and "Personal Information Form" that was consisted of 3 items were utilized in this study. The Cronbach-Alfa coefficient of the attitude scale is 0,94. 945 students who are studying in Technical High Schools, which are affiliated to National Education Ministry, in the district of Bayrampaşa in the city of İstanbul were administered the scale in the spring semester of 2013-2014. The results were analyzed by using the statistical package SPSS. Technical High School students' scores of attitude were found to be in moderate level. The results revealed no significant difference between the students' scores in terms of gender. However, significant differences were found between the students' scores in terms of the major they were enrolled. There was a significant difference between the scores of students who study in Radio-Television (RTV) and those who study in Computer and those who study in Other (Mapping, Furniture, Chemistry, Electric-Electronic ve Machine Technology) major as well as the scores of students who study in Electronic and Other in favor of those who study in RTV and Electronic. No significant difference were found between the scores of the students who study in other majors. Keywords: Attitude towards biology course, Technical High School, gender, major.