Investigation of High School Students' Attitudes Towards Mind and Intelligence Games and the Relationship of Attitude Level with Some Demographic Characteristics

Neslihan Erbaşı, Suleyman Alpaslan Sulak

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The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of high school students towards mind and intelligence games and the differentiation of attitudes in terms of various variables. The population of the study consists of 800 students studying in different departments of Konya Selçuklu Türk Telekom Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in the 2023-2024 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 192 students who were determined according to the convenience sampling method from this universe and who participated in accordance with the principle of voluntariness. In the research, descriptive screening model and relational screening model were used together. The data related to the research were collected using a personal information form and the "Attitude Scale Towards Intelligence Games" developed by Karapınar and Aydoğan (2020). The data obtained in the study were analyzed using the SPSS program. According to the findings obtained from the research, it was determined that the participant students had an attitude towards mind and intelligence games at the level of participation (x=3.47). When the attitudes of the students were examined in terms of sub-factors; it was seen that they had a disagree level attitude towards the negative attitude factor (x=2,34), an agreement level attitude towards the positive attitude factor (x=3,50) and an undecided level attitude towards the behavioral element factor (x=2,81). In addition, it was determined that the students' attitudes towards mind and intelligence games did not show statistically significant differences according to gender, grade level, mother's education level, father's education level, family income level and participation in a training on mind and intelligence games before

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