The study adopted a survey method, one of the qualitative research designs. The poor attitude of students towards the study of social studies in secondary schools is an unsatisfactory state of affairs and imbalance in the educational sector in particular and the nation's development in general.Social studies as a core subject in the junior secondary school level suggest the importance the . Student's attitudes towards Statistics are pivotal to their learning process as positive attitudes lead to highly satisfactory course achievement and lead to positive outcomes outside class as well. The study followed a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design employing, specifically, a pre-test-post-test control group experimental design following a randomized solomon four group design (Dimitrov & Rumrill, 2003) in which PBL as an intervention was . Abstract and Figures. Download Citation | Exploring the attitudes of undergraduate college students in Egypt towards English | This paper attempts to identify the attitudes of undergraduate university students in Egypt . While ability helps, academic performance comes through learning and effort. Statement of the Problem. Bangladesh (/ b l d , b -/; Bengali: , pronounced [balade] ()), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi). Agriculture is the mainstay of the Nigerian economy and its contribution to the nation and humanity can not be over emphasized. International Journal of Instruction, v14 n3 p207-222 Jul 2021. But attitudes "stick." Our article emphasizes the importance of students' attitudes toward statistics. The researchers review of the previous works on students attitude towards mathematics confirmed the statement by [27] that "Most of the studies on students attitudes towards mathematics have centered on Western samples, whilst very few studies have been conducted from Africa". Considering the changes in instruction and learning over the past few years, the purpose of this paper was to describe the attitudes of students enrolled in a reformed course. The purpose of the study was to develop an instrument to measure students' attitude toward statistics (STATS), and to define the underlying dimensions that comprise the STATS. There are six factors contributing to the attitude which . Student's attitude towards a course is important because it affects the entire learning process. 1. Students' attitude towards the course plays an important role in the learning achievement of the student. Students with poor. Statistically significant relationships were found among some of the key . Approximately 63% of students indicated a positive attitude toward statistics. In terms of attitude on cognitive competence, most of them also agreed with the way of thinking to do statistics, understanding it, and requiring a great deal of discipline. By the way; attitudes towards teacher-centered instruction versus student centered instruction and tendency towards the place of technology in learning and teaching process can be determined with the reflections of the statistical surveys. The teaching of statistics concepts and courses in elementary and secondary education as well as the implementation of . Researchers have argued that if students can emerge from a statistics course with a positive attitude toward learning the subject, they are more likely to apply the skills and procedures necessary to understanding statistics in their lives outside of the classroom (Garfield et al. This study intended to test if there was significant difference in chemistry preparedness in terms of attitude towards chemistry, study skills and exam preparedness between boys and girls, between boarders and day scholars and between low and high achievers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between . the research based study handled the attitudes of students towards computers and its new trends. The teaching of statistics concepts and courses in elementary and secondary education as well as the implementation of technology into the statistics classroom are important changes involved in this movement. documented the relationship between the student achievement. A high score shows a high positive attitude. We present our conceptual model of Students' Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS-M), which is . The poor attitude of students towards the study of social studies in secondary schools is an unsatisfactory state of affairs and imbalance in the educational sector in particular and the nation's development in general. This study aimed to determine the distance education-oriented attitudes of student teachers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. . Attitude toward computers (10 items) The emergence of a reform movement in statistics education has influenced the teaching and learning of statistics over the past few decades. Multiple methodological approaches have now provided data on the various domains of attitudes toward statistics and those implications are discussed. This study aimed at determining the effect of PBL instruction on students' attitude towards physics. students' attitudes toward statistics. Although statistics instructors have attempted to improve the cognitive aspects of instruction, particularly with respect to assessments, relatively little attention has been paid to non-cognitive issues, including students' attitudes, feelings, beliefs, perceptions, motivations, and interests. The Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics Scale-36 (SATS-36) was used to measure student attitudes, with higher scores denoting more positive attitudes. This study investigated the pre-service teachers attitudes towards web-quest instruction in Colleges of Education Katsina state. Two different groups of students from two different . It can be highlighted from the findings that majority of the respondents (67.5%) had neutral attitude towards homework, while 20 per cent of the respondents had favourable attitude and 12.5 per cent of the respondents had unfavourable attitude towards homework. The iQUEST (investigations for Quality Understanding and Engagement for Students and Teachers) project is designed to promote student interest and attitudes toward careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Changing students' negative attitudes towards learning is a process . We examine 15 surveys that purport to assess these attitudes and then describe the Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics, a commonly used attitude survey. Results showed that students report experiencing more direct instruction, very little constructivist-oriented . Improving students attitude toward learning is a major curricular goal for many. Most notably, in terms of mathematics instruction, it seems that it is tough for the learners to cope up with the subject matter because of the students learning attitudes. Objective - This study aims to investigate the factors that influence the students' statistics acceptance and its relationship. In this study, the researcher tried to find out postgraduate students' attitudes towards statistics according to sex and level of prior experience of statistics. If negative attitudes are not altered, a student is unlikely to continue his education beyond what is required. 2002).Since 1980, when Roberts and Bilderback created the Statistics Attitude . As described by Mullis, Martin, and Hooper (2017), TIMSS has been measuring student attitudes toward mathematics and science achievement since 1995. Aside from understanding what kinds of attitudes students hold, numerous studies have found that more positive attitudes toward statistics tend to be associated with higher grades (e.g. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to determine (1) the methods of statistics assessments . Six research questions and four hypotheses were drawn to guide the study. Similarly, there's a relationship between a bad student attitude and poor academic performance. Research Questions. People forget what they do not use. Attitude toward mathematics (10 items) 2. It was concluded that: the attitude of students significantly influence teaching and learning of health education in the school. . Online learning for physics must be active and . Likewise, Darwin's book, The Origin of Species, was the product of numerous drafts and . Attitudes toward statistics can be Specifically, it sought to determine the relationship between Mathematics teachers' attitudes and students' attitudes toward Mathematics, and identify the effect of student and teacher attitudes on Business majors were most positive and were more likely to believe statistics would be used in their future career. Students should emerge from statistics classes without apprehension or negative feelings about learning more statistics. It was also found that more number of girls (25%) had favourable attitudes towards . Negative attitudes are perceived to be widespread and likely to . Students' attitudes toward statistics have long been identified as a "special problem" for statistics educators (Bendig & Hughes, 1954). The purpose of this study is to discover the Faculty of Language and Arts students' attitudes towards grammar instruction and to investigate the students' attitudes towards grammar in general. The convenience sample was composed of 175 students from a public university in the northeastern United States. The data were taken from 37 students of Faculty of Language and Arts in batch 2013 in Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang. academic performances have a more negative attitude towards learning and will not help Thus, statistics teachers should aim to engender in students a positive view of statistics and an appreciation for the potential uses of . People hardly look at the problem from the point of view of the student's attitude towards the courses; the problem of this study therefore is to ascertain why students have poor attitude towards the study of social studies in secondary schools. Student Attitude Toward Statistics B (STATS-B)39 1993 4 1. When the attitudes components were analyzed, the students displayed a negative attitudes on the difficulty component. The participants of the study were determined randomly on a voluntary basis, and consisted of a total of 236 student teachers; 140 females and 96 males in five different departments of Faculty of . Student attitudes on learning determine their ability and willingness to learn. The purpose of this study is to describe the development and concurrent validation of a new instrument to measure attitudes towards healthcare teamwork that is generalizable across various populations of healthcare students. A student with a positive attitude towards math: Is more confident when learning math enjoys math is motivated to do more actively engages during math lessons gets more practice achieves more. 4. A statistics course should not block demand for further statistics instruction. Also, teachers personality influenced students' attitude (X2cal = 28.1 0.05) and teaching method influenced students attitude towards Health Education(X2cal = 26.01 0.05). The project targets seventh- and eighth-grade science classrooms that serve high percentages of Hispanic students. Design of the study. In this paper we are exploring the perception of students of management apropos . One of the goal of statistics education is to encourage a positive attitude towards statistics, besides to improve students' ability of understanding of statistics (Liau, Kiat & Nie, 2015). A questionnaire was designed to measure preparedness in chemistry in relation to . Positive attitudes towards teamwork among health care professionals are critical to patient safety. Edison had a true growth mindset and drive to learn and tackle new challenges. These students show signs of negative attitude such as feel tired to follow the course, incapable to appreciate the benefits of statistics, unable to focus in class, tend to interfere during class progress and absent. students in Mathematics to the total population of students is an essential factor of Mathematics education quality. The study used the Survey Attitudes toward Statistics (SATS) devised by Candace Schau to investigate the attitudes toward statistics and the relationship of those attitudes to the students' sex . The first question is to determine the attitudes of the students toward statistics.