Acquisition of Self-learning Skills in Solving Scientific Problems by Secondary School Students

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the level to which secondary school students acquire self-learning in solving scientific problems in Tafila Governorate secondary schools. A questionnaire of 24 items using 5-point Likert scale was prepared. It was administered on a randomly clustered sample of 366 male and female students. The results of the study revealed that the level of secondary school students’ acquisition of self-learning skills for solving scientific problems was moderate. Also, the results showed that there were statistically significant differences at α ≤ 0.05 among the means of students’ possession of self-learning for solving scientific problems attributed to the students’ gender in favor of females. The study concluded with a package of recommendations among which is allocating financial and technical resources for supporting the effective implementation of self-learning skills.