An analysis of the attitude towards science among college students of the Davao Association of Colleges and Schools

• Main Author: Oponda, Nilo B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1999
• Subjects: College students > Attitudes; Science; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2828
• Institution: De La Salle University

Four hundred and twenty two (422) college students of the Davao Association of Colleges and Schools (DACS) during the second semester of school year 1998-1999 are studied to analyze their attitude towards science. The Science Attitude Inventory II was used to measure this. The t-test for independent samples and one-way ANOVA were used to determine the significant difference between the means. Tukey's test was used in the post-hoc comparison of means and the point-biserial correlation coefficient was used to determine the degree of association between attitude scores and the selected student variables. The test of hypothesis were done at an a=5 percent. The results of the study showed that (1) the attitude of DACS college students toward science was very slightly positive (2) the attitudes toward science of male and female students were slightly positive and were not significantly different (3) the students of science-related courses had significantly more positive attitude when compared with students of non-science related courses (4) students whose fathers and mothers were engaged in science-related professions had significantly more positive attitude when compared with students whose parents were engaged in non-science related professions (5) students with positive perception of their physics teacher had significantly more positive attitude when compared with students who had negative perception (6) graduates of science/city/SUC high schools had significantly more positive attitude when compared with graduates of barangay, private sectarian, and private nonsectarian high schools (7) junior and sophomore students showed more positive attitude towards science when compared with freshmen however, this was not the case with senior students. The attitudes of freshmen and senior students were not significantly different and (8) students' attitude towards science was significantly and positively related to program of studies, profession of father and mother, and students' perception of their physics teacher. On the other hand, attitude towards science was not significantly related to gender.