The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of the gender, self-efficacy beliefs, task value, and learning strategies to the 11th grade students&rsquo / biology achievement.A total of 1035 students from different high schools in Yenimahalle and Ç / ankaya districts of Ankara participated in the study.The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ / Pintrich, Smith, Garcia & / McKeachie / 1991) and Biology Achievement Test(BAT) were used to collect data. Results of the the simultaneous multiple regression analysis indicated that 11th grade students&rsquo / gender, task values, self-efficacies and elaboration learning strategies were statistically significant predictors of their Biology achievement / whereas rehearsal and organization learning strategies were not.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614232/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 February 2012 |
| Creators | Mutlu, Ayten |
| Contributors | Uzuntiryaki, Esen |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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