Attitudes and achievement of Bruneian science students
Authors:
Harkirat S. Dhindsa a;
Gilbert Chung a
| Affiliation: | a Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei; e-mail: hdhindsa@shbie.ubd.edu.bn. |
DOI:
10.1080/09500690305025
Publication Frequency:
18 issues per year
Published in:
International Journal of Science Education,
Volume
25,
Issue
8
August
2003
, pages 907
- 922
Subject:
Science Education;
Number of References: 46
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate attitudes towards and achievement in science of Form 3 students studying in single-sex and coeducational schools in Brunei. The results demonstrated significant differences in attitudes towards and achievement in science of male and female students in single-sex schools and students in coeducational schools. These differences were at moderate level. In single-sex schools, the girls achieved moderately better in science than the boys despite their attitudes were only marginally better than the boys. However, there were no gender differences in attitudes towards and achievement in science of students in coeducational schools. The attitudes towards and achievement in science of girls in single-sex schools were moderately better than those of girls in coeducational schools. Whereas the attitudes towards and achievement in science of boys in single-sex schools were only marginally better than the boys in coeducational schools. However, further research to investigate (a) if these differences are repeated at other levels as well as in other subjects, and (b) the extent to which school type contributed towards these differences is recommended.
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