The Prevailing Values Among the Secondary Education Students and Its Relationship with Achievement, Gender and Academic Specializations

Abstract

The Purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Third Year Secondary Students’ prevailing values and their achievement in the baccalaureate exam according to gender and academic specialization. The researchers developed a questionnaire of positive and negative values which was distributed to (1000) students who belong to three specializations. The results were as follows: 1. There were statistically significant correlation at the level of (α=0.01) between the students’ values and their achievement in the baccalaureate exam. 2. There were no statistically significant differences between the students’ values and their achievement in the baccalaureate exam attributed to gender. 3. There were no statistically significant differences between the students’ values and their achievement in the baccalaureate exam attributed to academic specialization. In the light of these findings, some relevant suggestions and recommendations were listed.