The Effect Of Teaching Methods On Students' Attitudes Towards Biology On Secondary Schools, Ilala District Tanzania

Abstract An attitude may be defined as a predisposition to respond in a favorable or unfavorable manner with respect to a given attitude object (Oskamp, 2005). The focus of the study is on school student’s attitudes towards biology subjects taught in the secondary classrooms. The term subject refers to both theory and laboratory classes in secondary schools. Understanding of students’ attitudes is important in supporting their achievement and interest toward a particular discipline. Student’s attitudes toward science have been extensively studied, but research was initially focused greatly on …