Do the Demographic Differences Manifest in Motivation to Learn Science and Impact on Science Performance? Evidence from Sri Lanka

Autor/inn/en	De Silva, Anthoni Durage Asoka; Khatibi, Ali; Ferdous Azam, S. M.
Titel	Do the Demographic Differences Manifest in Motivation to Learn Science and Impact on Science Performance? Evidence from Sri Lanka
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 16 (2018), S.47-67 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-017-9846-y
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Teaching Methods; Institutional Characteristics; Science Education; Secondary School Students; Student Motivation; Grade 11; Science Achievement; Language of Instruction; Sri Lanka + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Sekundarschüler; Schulische Motivation; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ceylon
Abstract	The present study examined whether gender, ethnicity, instructional medium and school category differences manifest in science performance and motivation to learn science among secondary school students in Sri Lanka. The mean of five successive term test scores was used as the measure of science performance. Level of motivation in terms of six dimensions was measured by using the Science Motivation Questionnaire. A sample of 1316 grade 11 students representing Sinhala, Tamil, and Muslim ethnic groups from the three categories of public schools, which provide instructions in the vernacular languages of Sinhala or Tamil, participated in the study. Girls showed significantly higher performance in science compared to boys, and there was a significant gender difference in the levels of motivational dimensions in favor of girls. Although Tamil medium students possessed a higher level of motivation to learn science, Sinhala medium students outperformed their Tamil medium counterparts in science performance. Significant differences in science performance between Sinhala, Tamil, and Muslim students were also observed. However, motivation towards learning science between Tamils and Muslims was not significantly different. Highly significant differences in both motivation to learn science and performance in science were found between three categories of schools. The present study provides information to education officials who have to achieve equity across gender, ethnicity, medium of instruction, and school category, teachers who deliver the subject and school principals who design academic support programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01