The Interaction Effects of Gender
and Grade Level on Secondary
School Students’ Attitude towards
Learning Chemistry

Chua Kah Heng; Mageswary Karpudewan

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2015.1446a

The Interaction Effects of Gender and Grade Level on Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Learning Chemistry

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Chua Kah Heng ¹, Mageswary Karpudewan ¹ ^*

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¹ Universiti Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This quantitative study reports the effects of gender and grade level on secondary students’ attitude towards chemistry lessons. For this purpose, the Attitude towards Chemistry Lessons Scale (ATCLS) was administered to 446 secondary school students between 16-19 years old. The ATCLS consists of four different subscales: liking for chemistry theory lessons, liking for chemistry laboratory work, evaluative beliefs about school chemistry and behavioral tendencies to learn chemistry. Data obtained from the ATCLS survey was analyzed using two-way MANOVA to identify the effects of gender and grade level on students’ attitude towards learning chemistry. The findings show that gender and grade level have a significant effect on attitude towards learning chemistry. Gender and grade level also have a significant interaction effect (Wilks’ lambda = 0.933, F (15, 1198) = 2.032, p < 0.05) on secondary school students’ attitudes towards chemistry.

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attitude
gender
grade level
learning chemistry

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 11, Issue 4, 2015, 889-898

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Heng, C. K., & Karpudewan, M. (2015). The Interaction Effects of Gender and Grade Level on Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Learning Chemistry. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 11(4), 889-898. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1446a

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Heng CK, Karpudewan M. The Interaction Effects of Gender and Grade Level on Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Learning Chemistry. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2015;11(4):889-98. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1446a

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Heng CK, Karpudewan M. The Interaction Effects of Gender and Grade Level on Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Learning Chemistry. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2015;11(4), 889-898. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1446a

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Heng, Chua Kah, and Mageswary Karpudewan. "The Interaction Effects of Gender and Grade Level on Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Learning Chemistry". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2015 11 no. 4 (2015): 889-898. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1446a

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Heng, C. K., and Karpudewan, M. (2015). The Interaction Effects of Gender and Grade Level on Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Learning Chemistry. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 11(4), pp. 889-898. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1446a

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Heng, Chua Kah et al. "The Interaction Effects of Gender and Grade Level on Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Learning Chemistry". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 11, no. 4, 2015, pp. 889-898. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1446a