The effect of teaching the unit 'change of the matter' supported by the parent education on students' academical success and attitude

This research was done to analyse the effect of teaching the fifth class unit " Change of Matter" that supported by parent education on students' academical success and attitudes in Science and Technology course. The research is a quasi experimental study; in this research experimental figure consisting of pre-test, last-test control group was used. Study group of this research was 60 fifth grade students, 30 of them was the experimental group, the rest was the control group, in 2013-2014 education year at Hürriyet Secondary School in Adıyaman. In the study data collection tool, academic achievement-test, the attitude scale towards science and technology and student interview form were used. The data of the questionnaires was collected systematically and analysed. According to the data obtained from the study; it can be said that parent education has a positive effect on students' academical success and it increases the students' readiness and school-family cooperation. It can be said that parent education has a positive contribution to students' other courses as it increases school-family cooperation and communication. In this cese, it can be suggested that plans about parent education can be done in order to increase the productivity in science and technology and other courses. It is also suggested that plans about employing more manageress can be put into practice in order to increase productivity in school management and family relations.