قياس عمليات العلم لدى الطلبة العمانيين في مرحلة التعليم العام في ضوء بعض المتغيرات

Abstract

This study aims to investigate Omani students' acquesition of science process skills. An instrument consisting of (30) mutiple choice -statements were accomodated into an Arabic version. Validity using panal of judges was used, and relaibility using Cronbach-Alph for internal consistency was found to be (0.72). The sample of study consists of (461) males and female students from first preparatory, third preparatoty and second secondary (science) classes, at public schools in Oman. SPSS package was used for statistical analysis. The results of the study revealed that, there were siginificant differences between students' performance on science process skills with respect to their grade levels and GPA. However, there was no significant difference between students' performance with respect to their gender. The study recommended that frequent workshops should be held for science teachers in order to train them to comprehend and adopt the suitable teaching methods, in that they could efficiently teach and acquire students science process skills. It also recommended researchers to further other studies in this area having other variables and grade levels.