To Explore the Relationship between Attitude toward Science and Achievement among Students in Tehsil Sarai Alamgir

Abstract

The main purpose of the current research was to explore the relationship between students’ attitudes toward science and its relationship with achievement in it at elementary level in tehsil Sarai Alamgir district Gujrat. It was descriptive-correlational research based on survey design. Data were collected from randomly selected 1,166 students by self-developed questionnaire. The data were analyzed by applying inferential and descriptive statistics in software named SPSS. After analysis, significant positive correlation coefficient between students’ attitude towards science and achievement was found among students regarding their group of gender. It was found that the students possessing high level of attitude performed “excellent”, students possessing medium level of attitude performed “good” and students possessing low level of attitude toward science performed “average” in science exam. It was also found that majority of the male had high level of perception about science and the female students had medium level of perception about science.