Field of Research: Education
Name of author) (s): Afif Hafez Zeidan & Majdi Rashed Jayosi
Title of published work: “Science Process Skills and Attitudes toward Science among Palestinian Secondary School Students”
Name of Journal: World Journal of Education
Year: 2015
Volume: 5, N0. (1)
Pages: 13-24
Publisher: Sciedu Press
Abstract:
The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between the Palestinian secondary school studentsknowledge level of science process skills and their attitudes toward science, and the effect of gender and residence ofthese students on their knowledge level of science process skills and on their attitudes toward science. The studyused an 18 - question science process skills test and a 25-item attitudes toward science questionnaire. The associationbetween knowledge level of science process skills and attitudes toward science were significant with a correlationcoefficient of 0.69. The results of the study indicated that there were significant differences in science process skillsdue to gender favoring females; and due to residence favoring villages students. However, there were no significantdifferences in attitudes toward science due to the variables.
Keywords:
Science process; attitudes; science education; Palestinian students; secondary students
Contact author (s):
Name: Afif Hafez Zeidan, PhD.
Address: Psychology Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Al- Quds University
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