标题：A qualitative study on vocational high school 12th grade students’ anxiety and expectations on university entrance exams Meslek lisesi 12. sınıf öğrencilerinin üniversiteye giriş sınavı kaygıları ve beklentileri üzerine nitel bir çalışma
摘要：This era could be named as “National and International Exams Era”. Exams can be produced test anxiety and it affects physical, social, cognitive, behavioral and psychological conditions of a person. High expectations on exam’s score, family’s high expectations that above a student’ cognitive talents, ineffective study styles and fear of being connected between IQ level of a student with the exam’s score lead to anxiety. University entrance exams are perceived as the final exams in adolescence’s life, which is the most important predictor of one’s profession. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interview question form was developed and in total of 30 vocational high school students enrolled in 12th grade voluntarily participated in the study. One theme was emerged: Teachers’ effect. Four categories were named as University entrance exams, Elementary school, Counseling, and Demands. Codes for first category are metaphors and time management. For Elementary school category one code was emerged: Lack of pre-requisite learning. The third category is named as Counseling Unit and it has three codes: Lack of psychological support, High expectations of families, and low expectations of teachers. The fourth category is Demands: Giving information in the high school education process, and Needs for younger teachers. The results showed that various expectations exist from counseling department in a high school such as letting parents know the real cognitive skills of their child, providing open communication between teachers and students, offering vocational guidance starting from 9th grade.
