ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TO THE LEARNING OF BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

الملخص

This study examined Students’ Attitude to the Learning of Basic Science and Technology (BST) among Junior Secondary School students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised, and one hypothesis formulated to guide the study. The sample for the study consisted of 352 (168 males and 184 females) Junior Secondary School two students from the twelve (12) public Junior Secondary Schools. The survey research design was adopted for the study while the simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the sample. A 10-item BST Students’ Attitude (BSTSA) Questionnaire was adopted for the study. Twenty copies of the instrument were administered to twenty students who were not part of the main study but from the sample and their responses were subjected to a reliability test using Cronbach’s alpha statistics and a reliability coefficient of 0.81 was obtained. The instrument was administered to the students by the researchers with the assistance of the teachers and thereafter they were collected and collated for analysis. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation, while t-test was used in testing the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that students have low attitude to the learning of BST. It was also found that there is no significant difference between male and female students’ attitude to the learning of BST. It is recommended among others that teachers should ensure that instructional strategies that would enhance high students’ attitude for learning effectiveness should be employed and the gender equity for students’ attitude to learning should be sustained. Also, Government should ensure that schools are well equipped with enough teachers to boost students’ attitude towards learning of BST.