Abstract:
The aim of this study is to examine primary school pupils‟ attitudes for
physical education and science lessons in a comparative and applied fashion. Totally
(N=452) primary school pupils participated in our study. Participants were selected
randomly. In this applied study, a questionnaire with 5-point likert scale that consisted
of two parts for the two lessons was administrated. Data as a result of the study were
subject to reliability analysis, and the Cronbach Alpha coefficient was found as 0.921.
Kaiser-MeyerOlkin, Barlett‟s Test of Sphericity analysis, Scree Plotgraph, Factor
analysis, Correlation analysis, Tukey, and t-test were applied. It was found that the
research was meaningful with Item-Total correlations having a p<0.01 significance
level. As a result of the study, it was found that participants performed greater attitudes
and importance for science, displayed higher interest and attention towards science
lessons, and had thoughts that they will need science lessons more in the future. As for
their attitudes for physical education lesson, it was seen that they were lower than those
for science lessons. Among the main reasons are ideas and opinions that pupils do
insufficient sports activities, sports equipment and materials are insufficient, and sports
areas are ineligible for the types they wish to do.
