When Table 1 is examined, it is concluded that teacher candidates’ knowledge levels towards environmental
problems differ according to the items. When the first item whose correct answer is marked as bold in the scale is
examined, it is seen that 41% of teacher candidates have given an answer as “correct”, 27% of them have given an
answer as “wrong” and 32% of them have given an answer as “I do not know”. According to the 7. item whose
correct answer is marked as bold, it has been determined that 31% of teacher candidates have given an answer as
“correct”, 59% of them have given an answer as “wrong” and 10% of them have not had an idea related to the
item. Similarly, when the 11. item in the scale is examined, it is determined that 43% of the candidates have a
correct idea by giving the “correct” answer, 19% of them have not any knowledge about the item and 38% of them
have a wrong idea by giving the “wrong” answer. The 18. item whose answer is marked as bold in the scale has
indicated that 53% of teacher candidates have not an idea related to the item. When the 21. item is examined, it is
concluded that 79% teacher candidates have given an answer as “correct” and had a correct knowledge about the
item; however, in the 25. item only 14% of them have given the “correct” answer. According to the 27. item whose
correct answer is marked as bold, 30% of teacher candidates have given an answer as correct, 30% of them have
given an answer as wrong and 25% of them have answered as “I do not know”. When the 30. item is examined that
87% of teacher candidates have had the correct knowledge by giving the wrong answer, 11% of them have had the
wrong knowledge by giving the correct answer and only 2% of them stated that they have not had any knowledge
about the situation.