http://asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/EDU Asian Online Journal Publishing Group en-US Asian Journal of Education and Training 2519-5387 http://asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/EDU/article/view/6662 <p>This study investigates the effect of teaching enriched with astronomy activities and educational games on astronomy achievement in the 6th-grade Solar System and Eclipses unit. Fifty-seven students in the 6th grade of a secondary school in Türkiye participated in the study. Although the groups were formed randomly, since the students themselves could not be randomly distributed among the groups, a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control groups was adopted. The experimental group used a constructivist learning approach and educational games and activities related to the astronomy course. The control group used only the constructivist learning method. While creating the astronomy achievement test as a data collection tool for the research, the achievements of the 6th-grade Solar System and Eclipses Unit were considered. Validity and reliability studies were conducted for the data collection tool, and it was concluded that the test was applicable. The experimental application revealed that including astronomy activities and educational games in science lessons increased the astronomy achievement of 6th-grade students. Based on this result, it can be said that educational games and activities used in science lessons can positively contribute to achievement.</p> Onder Sensoy Didem Varzikioglu Copyright (c) 2025 2025-05-07 2025-05-07 11 2 50 58 10.20448/edu.v11i2.6662 http://asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/EDU/article/view/6663 <p>This study investigates the symbiotic interplay between attitude and motivation in the context of teaching and learning English at the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) level. To delve into the impacts of attitudes and motivation on teaching and learning English, and to understand the associated issues for a solution, this mixed-methods study employed both qualitative and quantitative research approaches to corroborate the inferences and decisions. To collect data, this study surveyed 530 students and 28 teachers with structured questionnaires and interviewed 10 teachers. The data collected through stratified random sampling were analyzed using SPSS and MS Excel. This study revealed that most of the students and teachers had positive attitudes towards teaching and learning English, though some easily addressable negative attitudes were reported as well. The teachers and students had high motivation for English, with some exceptions related mainly to teachers’ job disaffection and students’ low exposure to a favorable learning environment. The findings of this study are supposed to help adopt the required policies to remove the causes of negative attitudes and low motivation for teaching and learning English effectively and substantially.</p> Md. Munibur Rahman Copyright (c) 2025 2025-05-07 2025-05-07 11 2 59 69 10.20448/edu.v11i2.6663