The factors affecting 5th grade students’ attitudes towards performance tasks

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the factors affecting 5th grade students’ attitudes towards performance tasks. The sample of the research consists of 421 5th grade students from 10 different schools. Data were analyzed using statistical techniques. The results of the study showed that the significant predictors of students’ attitudes towards performance tasks were the availability of gymnasium in the schools, teachers' assessing performance tasks in collaboration with students, determination of the content of the performance tasks only by teachers, academic achievement of students, students’ taking advantage of different textbooks in performance tasks, students’ making use of computer in performance tasks, teacher gender, determination of the content of the performance tasks by the students, education level of students’ fathers (primary-school-graduate fathers), students’ having 75-100 books at home.