Connection Between Motivation Towards Physics Learning and Type of School, Students´ Sex, Year of Study and Other Factors
Abstract
The article deals with some of the results of questionnaire research conducted during the years 2006 - 2008 in the Czech Republic. Almost 1900 students of lower secondary schools and more than 2000 students of upper secondary schools scaled their opinions on the following statements: I learn physics because – I want to have good marks; my parents want me to have good marks; I will need physics later on when studying at secondary school or university; I like physics; I think that physics is important; my parents think that physics is important; I want to know how things around me work; I will need physics in my future profession.
The answers were analyzed according the type of school they attend, their sex, the year of study, and according other factors.