The contribution of the “scientific literacy workshop" on high school students' research attitudes

This study aims to examine the contribution of the Scientific Literacy Workshop on high school students' research attitudes. To that end, Scientific Literacy Workshop Project was planned and implemented over 10 weeks. This study was designed within the framework of the project. The mixed research method was employed, and the exploratory sequential design was utilized. The study group consisted of 42 high school students studying in a province center in the Central Black Sea Region of Turkiye in the 2021-2022 academic year. The data were collected through a semi-structured Interview Form and Scale of attitude towards Scientific Research. In the analysis of the quantitative data, pared samples t-test and ANOVA were used, and content analysis was used in the analysis of the qualitative data. Results revealed that the Scientific Literacy Workshop positively contributed to participant students’ research attitudes. Students emphasized that scientific research was not as complicated as they thought, and it could be carried out by anyone who has enough interest and knowledge. Based on the results, we recommended that projects which would encourage students to research like the Scientific Literacy Workshop should be conducted at all grade levels.