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The accurateness of the scientific content in the course books is an important factor to prevent learners' alternative conceptions or misunderstandings. From this point of view, the aim of the current study is to scientifically investigate the biology topics in the 8 th grade science textbook of the Ministry of National Education (MoNE). The researchers analyzed the MoNE Lower Secondary Schools 8 th Grade Science Textbook, which has been adopted as the official book for a 5-year period beginning from the 2016-2017 school year, in terms of the scientific content. The textbook was evaluated in terms of criteria such as incorrect or missing information and alternative conceptions. Document analysis was used to analyze the data. The findings of the research showed that there were missing or incorrect information and alternative conceptions in the units of Human Reproduction, Growth and Development and Living Creatures and Energy Relations, and in some of the unit evaluation questions.

Araştırmada Kars İl merkezindeki ortaokullarda öğrenim gören 8. sınıf öğrencileri ve fen bilgisi öğretmenlerinin Temel Eğitimden Ortaöğretime Geçiş (TEOG) Sınavı ile ilgili kaygıları incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemini Kars İl merkezindeki 35 ortaokuldan 1297 8. sınıf öğrencisi ile 50 fen bilgisi öğretmeni oluşturmuştur. Araştırma tarama modelindedir. Basit olasılıklı (rastgele) örnekleme yoluyla belirlenmiş öğretmen ve öğrencilere TEOG sınavındaki kaygılarına yönelik görüşme soruları sorularak bu konu hakınndaki düşüncelerini yazmaları istenmiştir. Öğretmen ve öğrencilerin görüşlerine yönelik formların analizinde ortaya çıkan açıklayıcı ve çıkarımsal kodlar kullanılarak ana sorunlar ve temalar betimsel olarak belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda öğretmen ve öğrencilerin çoğunun sınavın yılda iki kez, iki günde, birkaç oturumda yapılması ve oturumlar arası molaların olması durumlarında sınav kaygısının azalabileceği şeklinde görüş bildirdikleri tespit edilmiştir. Fakat öğrencilerin sınavda zamanı yetiştirememe kaygılarının olduğu, basit makineler, mitoz ve mayoz bölünme, DNA ve genetik kod, elektrik, ışık ve ses gibi fen bilimleri üniteleriyle ilgili sınavda çıkabilecek sorulara yönelik kaygı yaşadıkları belirlenmiştir.

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This study aims to determine the opinions of science teachers working in secondary schools in Kars province of Turkey regarding the comparison of the High School Entrance Exam (LGS) which is currently being applied in Turkey and the transition from primary to secondary education (TEOG) which was applied in Turkey before this exam system. The study was conducted with a screening model and data was collected through structured questions. The study group consists of 48 Science Teachers, who have teaching experience “1-10, 10-20 and over 20 years”, working in 13 different secondary schools in Kars. The main categories were tried to be determined using explanatory and inferential codes that appeared in the analysis of forms for teachers' views. As a result of the research, it was found that most science teachers expressed the opinion that it was not necessary to abolish the TEOG and enact the LGS, and that the TEOG exam served its purpose better than the LGS. Again, as a result of the research, it was found that science teachers who thought that TEOG was a stronger test than LGS expressed the opinion that TEOG should be more systematic, process-oriented, be compensated, have more impact on written exams in school, and that the exam should be a process-oriented exam spanning two semesters. It was determined that science teachers who thought that LGS was a stronger test than TEOG had expressed the opinion that LGS was a highly distinguishable test and that LGS questions were questions based on high-level thinking, high selectivity, based on interpretation, requiring knowledge, far from recitation, covering all subjects.