Abstract
THE EFFECT OF TEACHING SCIENCE SUPPORTED BY PARENT EDUCATION ON SECONDARY SCHOOL 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 and the attitude scale towards science and technology 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.
Keywords
Parent Education, Science Education, School-Family Communication.
