تقصي أثر بعض العوامل في الاتجاهات نحو دروس الأحياء لدى طلبة المرحلة الأساسية و الثانوية في لواء قصبة المفرق بالمملكة الأردنية الهاشمية

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of grade level, the gender of students, and the interaction effect of grade level and gender on Jordanian basic and secondary school students attitudes toward biology lessons.

Students attitudes were surveyed using an attitude scale, and subscalcs score were produced on four dimensions : liking for biology theory lessons ; liking for biology laboratory work ; evaluative beliefs about school biology; and behavioral tendencies to learn biology.

The participants of the study were 531 basic and secondary students (approximately 14-18 years of age) from seven schools in Al Mafraq Directorate of education in Jordan.

Multivariate analyss of variance (MANOVA) revealed a significant difference due to grade level in attitudes toward biology, and in the mean score on two subscalcs of liking for biology theory lessons, and evaluative beliefs about school biology.

But there were no significant differences due to grade level in the mean score on two subscales of liking for biology laboratory work, and behavioral tendencies to learn biology.

Results also revealed a significant difference due to the gender of students in attitudes toward biology.

But there were no significant difference in mean score on any of the four subscalcs.

Results also revealed a significant differences due to the interaction effect between grade level and gender in the mean score on three subscales of liking for biology theory lessons, liking for biology laboratory work, and behavioral tendencies to learn biology.

But there were no significant differences due to the interaction effect between grade level and gender in attitudes toward biology, and in the mean score of subscale of evaluative beliefs about school biology.