TITLE:
Relationships between the Usage of ICT, Attitudes, Behavior and Interest towards Achievement in Chemistry among Form Four Students
AUTHORS:
Md. Yusoff Daud, Mohd Jasmy Abd Rahman, Rosyafinah Mohamad
KEYWORDS:
Relationship, Attitude, Behavior, Interest, Usage of ICT and Achievement
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.12,
November
27,
2019
ABSTRACT: The study is to examine the relationship between the usage of ICT, attitude, behavior, and interest towards the achievement in chemistry amongformfour students. The study would provide understanding of some of the learners’ intrinsic factor as a result of their achievement in helping the learners to develop positive attitudes,which is a recipe for better learning and performance in the subject. A descriptive survey designisdue to the nature of the study. The study involved 78 pupils form four from secondary schools in county of Selangor and the target population wasthe form four students who were about to sit for their SPM examinations. Purposive and random samplings were used in selecting the schools and the students with the use of questionnaires as a method of data collection. The questionnaires were designed to elaborate some of the students’ attitude, behavior and interest regarding the chemistry subject. The data was collected and analyze with the use of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Differential and inferential statistic was usedto analyze frequencies and percentages and Spearman’s Rho correlation. The study found out that most students had a positive attitude towards chemistry. The findings also show that attitude, behavior and interest, show a significance relationship to achievement in chemistry. Whereas, the usage of ICT shows a weak relationship, affected their level of integrating which leadsto low applications. The study recommends the use of varied instructional strategies by the teachers, which promote discovery and elicit learner interest. The students should be encouraged to apply the taught knowledge and skills through 21stapproach or learning,therefore, a need for stakeholder in education to offer and build on experiences and opportunities to every student to engage fully in whatever platform to acquire knowledge and skills.