Leah Garner-O’Neale|Jelisa Maughan|Babalola J. Ogunkola
Scientific Literacy of Undergraduate Chemistry Students in the University of the West Indies, Barbados: Individual and Joint Contributions of Age, Sex and Level of Study
University of the West Indies|University of the West Indies|University of the West Indies
purpose study twofold firstly determine level scientific literacy chemistry undergraduate students university west indies cave hill campus secondly investigate individual joint contributions sex age level study level scientific literacy students total one hundred one 101 chemistry undergraduate students across preliminary 1 st 2 nd final years participated study instrument chosen investigation basic scientific literacy questionnaire bslq developed richard carrier 2001 consisted twentyfour 24 true false questions instrument found reliable crombach alpha value 06 contributions variables sex age range level study level scientific literacy also analyzed done via independent sample ttests analysis variance anova linear regression confidence level 95 set level analyses conducted found overall chemistry undergraduate students good level scientific literacy statistically significant differences level scientific literacy based age range level study however sex found contributed significantly variations level scientific literacy undergraduate chemistry students