Factors Affecting Secondary Schools Students' Attitudes toward Learning Chemistry: A Review of Literature

Autor/inn/en	Musengimana, Jeannette; Kampire, Edwige; Ntawiha, Philothère
Titel	Factors Affecting Secondary Schools Students' Attitudes toward Learning Chemistry: A Review of Literature
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17 (2021) 1, (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Learning Motivation; Chemistry; Science Instruction; Databases; Research Reports; Gender Differences; Teaching Methods; Instructional Program Divisions; Student Interests; Learning Processes; Positive Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Chemie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Datenbank; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Studieninteresse; Learning process; Lernprozess
Abstract	Science education is facing a challenge of students who are losing interest in learning science subjects including chemistry. This research provides a review of literature that emphasizes on the factors affecting secondary school students' attitudes toward chemistry. Thirty-six studies were selected in Google scholar and ERIC database in the time frame from 1977 to 2019. Gender, instructional methods, and grade level were found to be the most common factors positively affecting students' attitudes toward chemistry. However, students' interest, classroom environment, the relevance of curriculum, teachers' behavior, perceived difficulty and self-directed effort in the science subjects were also studied to check if there is any relation to the attitude of students while learning chemistry. The findings indicated that these factors have to be controlled to enrich positive attitudes toward chemistry among secondary students and to improve their performance in chemistry. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01