Research Article
The Relationship between Primary School Teacher and Student Attitudes towards Science and Technology
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of beginning and end of school year student attitudes towards science and technology (range 1–4).
| | | | Student enjoyment | | | Beginning | End | | | m | sd | m | sd |
| Year 5 | Boys | 309 | 3.32 | .59 | 3.28 | .67 | Girls | 292 | 3.24 | .56 | 3.27 | .61 | Total | 601 | 3.28 | .58 | 3.27 | .64 |
| Year 6 | Boys | 280 | 3.41 | .52 | 3.30 | .55 | Girls | 297 | 3.21 | .56 | 3.10 | .60 | Total | 577 | 3.31 | .55 | 3.20 | .59 |
| Year 7 | Boys | 261 | 3.32 | .57 | 3.19 | .59 | Girls | 281 | 3.04 | .63 | 2.88 | .64 | Total | 542 | 3.17 | .62 | 3.03 | .64 |
| Year 8 | Boys | 46 | 2.96 | .52 | 2.82 | .56 | Girls | 56 | 2.51 | .63 | 2.39 | .62 | Total | 102 | 2.72 | .62 | 2.58 | .63 |
| Total | Boys | 896 | 3.33 | .57 | 3.24 | .62 | Girls | 926 | 3.13 | .61 | 3.04 | .66 | Total | 1822 | 3.22 | .60 | 3.14 | .64 |
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