Contributions from Science Education Research

Pintó, Roser; Couso, Digna

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5032-9

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“…Moreover, the survey across 40 countries and discovered that science is not popular in developed countries (Csermely et al, 2007). In the developing world, there is worrying lack of interest in science (Pinto & Couso, 2007) and in an effort to promote interest in science, certain government such as that of Singapore established the science centre which they emulated from the United States (Haren, 2010).…”

Section: The Role Of Science and Technology In Development: Malaysia mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Interest in Science among Malaysian: A Comparative Study between Gender, Age Group and Ethnics

Kasmo

Usman

Said

et al. 2015

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This paper reports a study which was conducted to know the interest in science among the Malaysian. Altogether 642 respondents from all over the country participated in the study. The respondents, male and female from different ethnics were randomly obtained. They were given booklets of questionnaire containing statements related to the issues of science. The statements were provided with responses in the form of Likert style scale ranging from 1. Strongly disagree, 2. Disagree, 3. Not sure, 4. Agree and 5. Strongly agree. The booklets were collected and the responses were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to obtain the means and percentages of the responses. The findings show that 68.3% of the respondents claimed that they have interest in science, although the interest in science is not strong, no difference of interest in science is found between male and female respondents as well as between the ethnics. However there is significant different of means between age groups.

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Section: The Role Of Science and Technology In Development: Malaysia mentioning

confidence: 99%