Ersin Karademir|Ufuk Uluç?nar
Examining the Relationship between Middle School Students’ Critical Reading Skills, Science Literacy Skills and Attitudes: A Structural Equation Modeling
Eski?ehir Osmangazi University|Usak University
purpose study verify causal relationship middle school students critical reading skills science literacy skills attitudes towards science literacy research data according default modelthrough structural equation modeling path analysis applied study designed correlational modelthe sample study consists 1170 students enrolled 18 schools determined based socioeconomic statushowever results showed validity criteria satisfied 1130 participantsas data collection tool scale critical reading skills science literacy skills test attitude scale toward science literacy useddescriptive statistics pearson product moment correlation analysis technique path analysis employed data analysisthe findings research show significant positive relations critical reading skills science literacy skills attitudes towards sciencein addition critical reading skills statistically positive predictive effect science literacy skillit also founded science literacy skills predict attitudes towards scientific literacy meaningful waymoreover critical reading skills directly predict scientific literacy meaningful positive directionit revealed science literacy skill exists model acts partial mediating variableas result put forward theory critical thinking critical reading skill science literacy skills attitudes found closely related