An Investigation Of The Scientific Attitude Among Science Students In Senior Secondary Schools In Edo South Senatorial District, Edo State.

Abstract

This study investigated the scientific attitude among science students in senior secondary schools. The survey research design was used to carry out the study. A sample of 250 science students from S.S.3 were randomly drawn from 10 sampled public schools. These 10 sampled public schools were randomly drawn from the public schools in two Local Government Areas from Edo south senatorial district, Edo State. The research instrument used for data collection was the Inventory of Scientific Attitudes (ISA) which was a slight modification of the one developed by Emina (1986). Two research questions and one hypothesis were raised to guide the study. The data collected were analyzed using the mean statistics and t-test of independent samples. It was revealed from the study that the level of scientific attitudes among science students in senior secondary school was average and this level of scientific attitude was not significantly influenced by sex. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that continuous experimentation and laboratory activities are urgently needed; hence the dichotomy between theory and experimentation should be stopped in the texting of science in secondary schools.

Keywords: Science, Scientific Attitudes, Science Students, Sex.