STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN LEARNING SCIENCE SUBJECT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF-EFFICACY, SCHOOL, AND FAMILY CONTEXTS IN BAU, SARAWAK
| dc.contributor.author | DORINA ANAK LASAH | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-10-12T07:26:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description | The enrolment of science stream students in the secondary schools across Malaysia has seen significant declines over the years. Students’ interest is believed to be one of the major contributions to the issues. The main objective of this study is to determine the students’ interest in learning Science subject and its relationship with self-efficacy, school, and family contexts by analysing the data of Form 2 students (n= 1038) from three secondary schools in Bau, Sarawak. This study has three specific objectives: (1) to determine the difference in students’ interest in learning science subject based on gender; (2) to determine the difference in students’ interest in learning science subject based on schools; and (3) to determine the significant factors such as self-efficacy, school context, family context in predicting students’ interest in learning science subject. This study uses quantitative and surveys research design. The instrument used in this study is questionnaire which adapted from Hasni & Potvin (2015). The sample is chosen using stratified sampling method and the sample size is determined by Green (1991). The result shows that the students in Bau, Sarawak have the high level of general interest in science. There is a significant difference in students’ general interest in learning science based on gender, t (278) =-3.991, p<.001. The female students have higher general interest in science compared to male students. This is due to the science syllabus in Form 1 and Form 2 are more focusing on themes that related to life science and less physical science. The result also shows that there is a significant difference in students’ general interest in learning science based on schools, F (2,275) = 24.214, p<.001. Schools that actively organising and support students’ learning activities can indirectly influence students’ interest in learning. Five out of nine predictor variables (teaching method using inquiry process, utility of school science, predisposition and intention to act, teaching method based on student’s preferences and self-efficacy in science) in this study are statistically significant at F-value of 57.338, p<.001 and R2 =.513. This study found out that teaching method using inquiry process is the most dominant factor that affecting students’ general interest in learning science in Bau, Sarawak. However, in this study, the family context does not one of the factors that contributed to students’ general interest in science. Thus, the researcher suggests that these five factors should consider in order to increase the students’ general interest in Bau, Sarawak. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarhub.unimas.my/handle/123456789/2947 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.publisher | UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development | |
| dc.subject | students’ interest in learning science, self-efficacy, school context, family context | |
| dc.title | STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN LEARNING SCIENCE SUBJECT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF-EFFICACY, SCHOOL, AND FAMILY CONTEXTS IN BAU, SARAWAK | |
| dc.type | Masters |