The impact of science fiction films on achievement and attitude of students in high school physics

• Main Author: Garcia, Mario V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1991
• Subjects: Science fiction films; High school students > Attitudes; Physics > Teaching aids and devices; Academic achievement; Physics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1392; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8230&context=etd_masteral
• Institution: De La Salle University

The study investigated the effect of the viewing and discussion of science fiction films on the academic achievement of high school students in science, particularly in Physics. It is also determined if the treatment has an effect on the students' attitude toward science. One hundred and twenty-five students were used as subjects of the study. They are fourth year high school students with an age range from 15 to 17 years of age. The subjects were assigned into two groups with one group as the experimental group and the other as the control group. The instruments used in the study were the Scientific Attitude Inventory developed by Sutman and Moore (1970) and the achievement test. The reliability value of the achievement test obtained by using the Kuder-Richardson Formula 21 is 0.43.One-way Analysis of Covariance showed no significant difference in the attitudes toward Physics of the experimental and control groups. Likewise, two-way Analysis of Covariance showed no significant difference in the academic achievement of the two groups. These findings confirmed the null hypothesis of the study on the academic achievement of the students in, and attitude toward, Physics.