Examination of high school students' attitudes towards physical education course according to some variables

Abstract

The aim of our research is to examine the attitudes of high school students towards physical education lesson according to some variables. The population of the research consists of high school students studying in schools in Iğdır province, and the sample group consists of 554 students selected on a voluntary basis. "Attitude Scale Towards Physical Education Lesson" was used as a data collection tool in the study. In the analysis of data, independent groups t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used for statistical analysis using SPSS v.23 program. According to the independent groups t-test results, a significant difference was detected in the general score of the "Attitude Towards Physical Education Lesson" scale according to the gender variable. According to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) results; It was determined that there was a significant difference in the total score of the "Attitude Towards Physical Education Lesson" scale according to age and grade level variables. No significant difference could be detected regarding "Attitude Towards Physical Education Lesson" according to the variables of number of siblings, licensed athletes, availability of sports facilities at the school, educational status of the mother and father and family income level.

Keywords

• Attitude
• high school
• physical education
• student