Volume/Issue :

Article type :

Original articles

Page No :

54-60

Abstract :

A number of the latest investigations specify the necessity of improving science education at all levels of the education system. A decreasing interest in sciences is one of the most acute prob-lems of present education. The purpose of this research is to analyse how students evaluate the natural science subjects. The results enclose that geography is the most interesting discipline for Baltic States’ stu-dents. Less interesting disciplines are biology, chemistry and physics. The least interesting discipline is mathematics. Comparing data between countries there was found out that all disciplines are in-teresting for Lithuanians. Students in Latvia the least interested in all mentioned disciplines. Biolo-gy, chemistry and physics are the most difficult disciplines for Baltic States’ students. Easiest disci-pline is geography. All disciplines looked more difficult for Lithuanians than to Latvians and Esto-nians. Comparing data between sexes that was found out that mostly all factors girls evaluated worse than boys, only geography was more difficult for male students. It is very important to compare the evaluation, attitudes of the students belonging to the same region country, because earlier carried out researches show that in spite of common natural science education tendencies, rather significant differences exist between countries. It is believable, that they are predetermined by various educational approaches, teachers’ competence and other different reasons.

Keywords :

comparative analysis, evaluation, natural science education, subjects

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Cite as :

Lamanauskas, V., Bilbokaitė, R. (2011). Gamtamokslinių dalykų vertinimas: Baltijos šalių moksleivių pozicija [Evaluating of natural science subjects: students` position in the Baltic countries]. Kn. Gamtamokslinis ugdymas bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje - 2011 [In. Natural Science Education at a General School - 2011] (XVII nacionalinės mokslinės-praktinės konferencijos straipsnių rinkinys, Vilnius, 2011 m. balandžio mėn. 29-30d. / Proceedings of the Seventeenth National Scientific-Practical Conference, Vilnius, 29-30 April, 2011) (pp. 54-60). MMC "Scientia Educologica".