Moderating the Relationship between Student's Gender and Science Motivation

Autor/inn/en	Daher, Wajeeh; Alfahel, Essa; Anabousy, Ahlam
Titel	Moderating the Relationship between Student's Gender and Science Motivation
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17 (2021) 5, (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Student Motivation; Science Instruction; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; High School Students; Teaching Methods; Student Characteristics; Teacher Characteristics; Self Efficacy; Self Determination; Career Choice; Grades (Scholastic) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Schulische Motivation; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Selbstbestimmung; Notenspiegel
Abstract	Researchers are interested in students' motivation to learn science as it impacts other aspects of students' learning. One aspect of this motivation is the gender issue, how it impacts student's motivation and how it is mediated and moderated by other educational variables. The issue of gender impact on motivation has been studied for more than two decades, which makes the present research interested in studying how background variables as student's ability, school level and teacher's gender moderate the relationship between student's gender and the different components of science motivation. The research design is that of moderation design through multiple regression. The sampling was a cluster sampling. The instrument used was the social-cognitive motivation questionnaire, and data analysis was done using regression and moderation analysis in SPSS 25 Statistical Package. Eight hundred, thirty-seven students, from the primary, middle and secondary schools participated in the research. The research results indicated that each of the three variables moderated between student's gender and part of the components of science motivation. The research concludes that the science teaching methods need to be diverse to fit both male and female science students, which could assist the learning of science in the secondary school from the two genders. Moreover, utilizing different teaching methods would support all ability-level students. In addition, holding workshops for teachers that discuss the gender issue in science education can help address this issue. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Modestum. No: 1 Windrush Road, Hilton Derbyshire, DE65 5LB, UK. e-mail: ejmste@ejmste.com; Web site: https://www.ejmste.com/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01