Learners’ Attitudes and Performance in Science Subjects in A-Level in Secondary Schools, in Mbarara, Uganda
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Date
2018
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Journal Of Educational Research
Abstract
This research study aimed at investigating the learners’ attitudes and performance in science.
The main objective of the study was to establish the relationship between learner’s attitudes and
performance in science subjects based on age and gender. Cross-sectional research design was
adopted for the study. Schools were randomly drawn from Mbarara district in Uganda. This
gave a sample size of 300 form five and six secondary students. A questionnaire was used in
collecting data for the study. The data was analyzed using SPSS to generate Pearson’s Chi
Square test, Spearman Rank Correlation and bivariate to test the hypotheses of the study. The
findings of the study revealed that attitude, age and gender had significant relationship with
students’ performance in science subjects. Therefore, students’ attitudes should be very central
to teachers, because affective dispositions are powerful predictors of students’ performance
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Learners’ attitudes, Performance and Science Subjects
Citation
AMIR, K., Mohamed, H. C., & Mnjokava, C. E. Learners’ Attitudesand Performance in Science Subjects in A-Level in Secondary Schools, in Mbarara, Uganda.