Evaluation of the effect of laboratory‐oriented science curriculum materials on the attitudes of students with reading difficulties

An investigation into factors affecting attitudes toward science of secondary school students in Jordan

“…Students' attitudes toward science seem to improve through the use of some instructional procedures and models. The use of current events in lesson planning, the kinetic structuring of lesson verbal communication, science camps, activitycentered lesson planning, independent study and individualized instruction combined with conventional lectures and laboratory work were some of the instructional techniques found to influence positively and significantly students' attitudes toward science (Kahn, 1962;Anderson & Neeley, 1967;Hug, 1970;Sabar & Kaplan, 1978;Milson, 1979;Piper & Hough, 1979;Story & Brown, 1979;Saunders & Dickinson, 1979;Butterworth, 1974).…”