High School Students’ Beliefs about Math and Science, and Some Related Variables

Abstract

The present study aimed at identifying high school students’ beliefs about math and science, and the degree to which these beliefs are affected by their : grade, stream of the study, sex, and achievement. To gather the data, the developed Arabic version of The Mathematics and Science Beliefs Instrument, comprising 30 items was used. The sample of this study consisted of 380 male and female high school students at the interior-district at Sultanate of Oman in the late of the year of 2001. The results of the study showed that statistically significant differences were found in the mean scores of students beliefs about math and science. There were also statistically significant differences between the means of the students’ beliefs about math and science that can be attributed to the levels of their achievement. A number of suggestions and recommendations were provided.