The Effect of Logical Thinking Ability and Gender on Science Achievements and Attitudes towards Science/Učinak sposobnosti logičkog mišljenja i spola na uspjeh u prirodoslovlju i stavove o njemu

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Abstract


Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of logical thinking ability and gender on students’ science achievements and attitudes towards science. Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT), Attitude towards Science Scale, and Sense Organs Achievement Test were administered to 72 elementary school students to determine their logical thinking abilities, attitudes towards science and achievement, respectively. The two-way Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) results revealed no statistically significant mean difference between the boys and girls with respect to their achievements and attitudes towards science. Moreover, logical thinking ability had a significant effect on their achievements in science; however, there was no statistically significant logical thinking ability difference with respect to their attitudes towards science.

Key words: attitude towards science; logical thinking ability; science achievement; sense organs.


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Sažetak

Cilj je ovog istraživanja bio utvrditi učinak sposobnosti logičkog mišljenja i spola na učenički uspjeh u prirodoslovlju i stavove o njemu. Test logičkog mišljenja (TLM), skala sa stavovima o prirodoslovlju i test o osjetilnim organima primijenjeni su na 72 učenika osnovne škole da bi se odredila njihova sposobnost logičkog mišljenja, stavovi o prirodoslovlju i uspjeh. Rezultati dvosmjerne multivarijantne analize varijance (MANOVA) nisu pokazali statistički značajnu razliku između  srednje vrijednosti dječaka i djevojčica s obzirom na uspjeh i stavove o prirodoslovlju. Sposobnost logičkog mišljenja imala je značajan učinak na njihov uspjeh u prirodoslovlju. Međutim, nije pronađena statistički značajna razlika u sposobnosti logičkog mišljenja s obzirom na stavove o prirodoslovlju.   

Ključne riječi: osjetilni organi; stavovi o prirodoslovlju; sposobnost logičkog mišljenja; uspjeh u prirodoslovlju.



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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v17i0.881

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