5.2. The teachers’ behaviors at the Science and Technology course to develop the
students’ affective competencies
The teachers‟ opinions about their behaviors at the Science and Technology course to develop the
students‟ affective competencies are presented in Table 7.
Table 7. The Teachers‟ Behaviors at the Science and Technology Course
to Develop the Students‟ Affective Competencies
Themes (f)
Giving reinforcements 8
relating the subject with the daily life 4
Giving responsibility to the students 4
Correcting the students‟ mistakes without humiliating and teasing 2
Behaving friendly 1
Having empathy with students 1
Using voice effectively 1
Using the students‟ names 1
Informing about the goals of the lesson 1
Sense of humor 1
To develop the affective competencies at the Science and Technology course, the teachers preferred
to use reinforcements when the students show the desired behavior. Then they respectively related
the subjects with daily life gave responsibilities to the students, corrected their mistakes without
humiliating and teasing with them. In addition, they reported that they behaved the students friendly;