A Study of Relationship between Attitude toward Science and scientific process skill of Grade 7 students in District 5, Sing Buri schools

Abstract

The purposes of this research were : 1) to study the attitude toward science and scientific process skill; 2) to study the attitude toward science and scientific process skill, divided by gender and school size; and 3) to find the relationship between attitude toward science and scientific process skill. The sample was four hundred and thirty-three grade 7 students who studied in in the second semester of 2017 in five schools of district 5, Sing Buri province that chosen by stratified and simple random sampling. The research instruments consisted of attitude toward science questionnaire and scientific process skill test which had Cronbach’s alpha coefficient 0.91 and 0.94, respectively. Statistical analyses were using mean, standard deviation, independent sample t-test and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The findings of this study were as follow: 1. The grade 7 students in district 5, Sing Buri schools had attitude toward science in moderate level; and also had scientific process skill in moderate level. 2. Differences in gender and school size had difference attitude toward science and scientific process skill significantly at the statistical level of .05 3. Attitude toward science had negative correlation with scientific process skill significantly at the statistical level of .05