Learners’ Attitudes and Performance in Science Subjects in A-Level in Secondary Schools, in Mbarara, Uganda

  • KABUNGA AMIR Mount Kenya University,
  • Habiba C. Mohamed
  • Christina E. Mnjokava St. Augustine University of Tanzania
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53555/er.v1i2.491
Keywords: : Learners’, attitudes,, Performance, Science Subjects

Abstract

This research study aimed at investigating the learners’ attitudes and performance in science.
The main objective of the study was to establish the relationship between learner’s attitudes and
performance in science subjects based on age and gender. Cross-sectional research design was
adopted for the study. Schools were randomly drawn from Mbarara district in Uganda. This
gave a sample size of 300 form five and six secondary students. A questionnaire was used in
collecting data for the study. The data was analyzed using SPSS to generate Pearson’s Chi
Square test, Spearman Rank Correlation and bivariate to test the hypotheses of the study. The
findings of the study revealed that attitude, age and gender had significant relationship with
students’ performance in science subjects. Therefore, students’ attitudes should be very central
to teachers, because affective dispositions are powerful predictors of students’ performance

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Author Biographies

KABUNGA AMIR, Mount Kenya University,

Department of Psychology

Habiba C. Mohamed

Founder and Lead Director,

Women And Development Against Distress In Africa
(WADADIA) Consultant Outreach Manager,

Christina E. Mnjokava, St. Augustine University of Tanzania

Department of Education

Published
2016-05-31
How to Cite
AMIR, K., Mohamed, H. C., & Mnjokava, C. E. (2016). Learners’ Attitudes and Performance in Science Subjects in A-Level in Secondary Schools, in Mbarara, Uganda. IJRDO- Journal of Educational Research, 1(2), 10-25. https://doi.org/10.53555/er.v1i2.491
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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): IJRDO - Journal Of Educational Research
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