Physics students' attitude towards Chemistry

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Published: Sep 16, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.7388
Keywords:
attitude towards chemistry chemistry teaching laboratory activities
Georgios Ampatzidis
Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly
Hrissi K. Karapanagioti
Chemistry Department, University of Patras
Abstract

A positive attitude towards science seems to be associated with better performance in related subjects. On the other hand, it appears that students’ participation in laboratory activities improves their attitude towards science. In this study, we investigated the attitude of 63 physics students towards chemistry and the relationship of their attitude with their participation in an optional laboratory activity. The participants have a slightly positive attitude towards chemistry (50.11 is the overall average response score with 48 being the half of the range of possible responses score), while their participation in the laboratory activity does not seem to improve their attitude.

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