The Investigation of Secondary School Students' Self-Regulation Strategies, Motivational Beliefs and Science Related Inquiry Learning Skills Perception

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify secondary school students' self-regulation strategies, motivational beliefs and science related inquiry learning skills perception levels, to reveal the relationship between them and to examine them regarding different variables. In this study, a quantitative research method was used. The study included 1127 students from secondary schools in Istanbul, Turkey. “Personal Information Form” developed by researchers, Pintrinch and De Groot (1990) produced the "Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire," which Üredi adapted to Turkish (2005) and Balım and Taşkoyan (2007) established the "Science Related Inquiry Learning Skills Perception" scale (2007)” was used in study. The data were analyzed with SPSS 16. Independent Sample t-Test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation technique was used in data analysis. It was concluded that the secondary school students' self-regulation skills, motivational beliefs and science related inquiry learning skills perception levels were high, there was a medium positive relationship between them, and It has been determined that the gender variable is in favor of female students, the class variable is in favor of lower-level classes, and the planning variable is in favor of students who like planning. Activities to increase students' self-regulation and motivational belief and science related inquiry learning skills perception levels are recommended. or tap here to enter text.