Examining of Secondary School Students’ Integrated Science Process Skills

Authors : Oranit CHOKCHAİ, Paitoon PİMDEE

Pages : 1137-1157

Doi:10.17478/jegys.597449

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Publication Date : 2019-12-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Integrated science process skills insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ISPS); are a fundamental variable in scientific inquiry and scientific literacy. If students are proficient in this skill, they will be ready for living and working in the 21 st -century, which requires the application of scientific knowledge and scientific inquiry . For these reasons, the researchers undertook a study to investigate the ISPS of Thai lower secondary school students. From the use of stratified random sampling, 350 Bangkok, Thailand Grade 8 secondary school students were selected. The SPSS Version 23 statistics software was used for data analysis of the mean and standard deviation. A first-order confirmatory factor analysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CFA); and a two-way analysis of variance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ANOVA); were also employed. Findings from the research determined that student ISPS consisted of five indicators, including 1); controlling variables 2); hypotheses formulation 3); defining variables operationally 4); experimentation, and 5); data interpretation. Findings also revealed that overall, student ISPS were at a level that needed improvement.
Keywords : gender, 21st century, school size, confirmatory factor analysis, IPST, Thailand