Effect of Ethnochemistry Practices on Secondary School Students’ Attitude Towards Chemistry
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: The main purpose of the study was to find out the effect of ethnochemistry practices on secondary school students’ attitude towards Chemistry. The design of the study was pre-test post-test control group quasi-experimental design. Two grade 11 intact classes were assigned into experimental and control groups randomly. The total sample size comprised 113 students. To assess attitude of the student towards Chemistry, a chemistry attitude questionnaire was used. An independent samples t-test at an alpha (α) = .05 was conducted to analyze the results of the pre-test and post-test scores. There was a statistically significant difference in the post-test attitude scores for control (M=74.71, SD=13.90) and experimental (M=83.36, S=14.68) groups; t (111) = -3.22, p = 0.002. Therefore, incorporating ethnochemistry practices in teaching chemistry was found to have a positive effect on enhancing secondary school students’ attitude towards Chemistry. Keywords: Ethnochemistry, Conventional approach, Attitude
Authors: Indra Sen Singh, Bitwell Chibuye
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2463968104