Examination of Secondary School Students’ Scientific Inquiry Skills Perceptions in term of Curiosity, Motivation and Attitude

The aim of this study is to examine scientific inquiry skills perceptions of secondary students in term of curiosity, motivation and attitude. For this purpose, the research was designed in the relational scanning model. The sample of study consisted of 186 secondary school students in the 2017-2018 academic year from Siirt Center. In the study, some scales are used collections tools as follows: scientific inquiry skills perceptions towards science course scale, science curiosity scale, motivation towards science learning scale and attitude towards science course. The correlation and linear multiple regression analysis are used in the analysis of the data. The research showed that curiosity, motivation and attitude variables of secondary school students significant predictor of scientific inquiry skills perceptions. The results obtained are discussed with regard to the literature on science education