Students Attitudes towards Science Education Evidence from Secondary Schools in Onitsha South of Anambra State

This study examine on secondary school students' attitude towards science education in Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for this study consisted of all the senior secondary school students in the eight secondary schools in Onitsha South of Anambra State. In each of these schools, simple random sampling technique was used to select 15 students each from senior secondary schools. This total of 90 students was used as the sampled schools. Data were collected from the questionnaire distributed to the senior secondary schools students. The hypothesis was tested using one sample t test with the aid of SPSS version 20. The study revealed that the attitude of students in science significantly affects their science education in Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State. It is therefore, recommended that for the teacher to improve the students' attitude toward science, they can use learning methods that can attract students' interest to learn about science. On this note, effort should be made by parents, teachers and governments to maintain and increase the positive attitude of students towards science in secondary schools. Chikendu, Rebecca E. | Obikezie, Maxwell, C. "Students Attitudes towards Science Education: Evidence from Secondary Schools in Onitsha South of Anambra State" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-1 , December 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47782.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/47782/students-attitudes-towards-science-education-evidence-from-secondary-schools-in-onitsha-south-of-anambra-state/chikendu-rebecca-e