Timss 2011 Cross Country Comparisons: Relationship Between Student- and Teacher-Level Factors and 8Th Grade Students' Science Achievement and Attitude Toward Science
TIMSS 2011 CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISONS: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT- AND TEACHER-LEVEL FACTORS AND 8TH GRADE STUDENTS' SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARD SCIENCE A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BY SEVGİ İPEKÇİOĞLU ÖNAL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN SECONDARY SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION DECEMBER 2015 Approval of the thesis: TIMSS 2011 CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISONS: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT- AND TEACHER LEVEL FACTORS AND 8TH GRADE STUDENTS’ SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARD SCIENCE submitted by SEVGİ İPEKÇİOĞLU ÖNAL in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Secondary Science and Mathematics Education Department, Middle East Technical University by, Prof. Dr. Gülbin Dural Ünver Dean, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Ömer Geban Head of Department, Secondary Science and Math. Edu Prof. Dr. Ömer Geban Supervisor, Secondary Science and Math. Edu. Dept., METU Examining Committee Members Prof. Dr. Ayhan YILMAZ Secondary Science and Math. Edu. Dept., Hacettepe University Prof. Dr. Ömer GEBAN Secondary Science and Math. Edu. Dept., METU Prof. Dr. Özgül YILMAZ-TÜZÜN Elementary Education Dept., METU Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yezdan BOZ Secondary Science and Math. Edu. Dept., METU Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emine ERDEM Secondary Science and Math. Edu. Dept., Hacettepe University Date: 08.12.2015 iv I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work.
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