PROBLEM SOLVING CONFIDENCE AND ATTITUDES IN PHYSICS OF FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS OF APUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL: AN APPLICATION OF ONE- WAY MANOVA

Abstract

The study aimed to determine whether the problem solving confidence have an effect on the attitudes of students in solving problems in Physics. Specifically, it sought to find out if low and high problem solving confidence significantly differs in attitudes in Physics.Descriptive- comparative design was utilized in the study. The study was carried out in a Public Secondary School to forty fourth year students. Frequency or percentage, Mean, and One- Way MANOVA were used as tools in the analysis of data. Results revealed that there was greater number of students that have low confidence in problem solving in Physics; the level of attitudes in Physics of fourth year students was high and there was a significant difference in the problem solving confidence of fourth year students in terms of their attitudes in Physics. Further, there was a significant difference in attitudes in Physics associated with the difference in problem solving confidence of fourth year students. The only significant difference in the problem solving confidence was on their willingness to engage in Physics.

KEYWORDS: Problem Solving Confidence, Attitudes in Physics, Public Secondary School, Philippines