Relationship between attitude toward chemistry and learning levels: a response to academic underachievement?
Abstract
This research proposal focuses on the search for the relationship between attitudes towards chemistry and the levels of learning achieved in chemistry. The population of this study are the students of the Bachelor's Degree in Natural Sciences and Environmental Education (hereinafter LCNEA) of the University of Tolima, from which the students enrolled in the subject of fundamental chemistry II are taken as a sample. The methodological approach is established from qualitative collection strategies, such as the previous survey that seeks to identify the attitudes towards chemistry of the students, an instrument adapted from Salta & Tzougraki (2004), also, it has a strategy that categorizes the learning levels achieved according to some characteristics of the students (A0 to A5); these categories were referenced from Walter & Gómez (2012). Finally, a detailed qualitative analysis is made of the final evaluations given during the semester in the subject of fundamental chemistry II. It is expected to perform a complex analysis of results, from a triangular relationship or triangulation, thus observing the problem from different and complementary points.
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