Students’ at the Faculty of Science at Yarmouk University Understanding of the History and Philosophy of Science

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the impact of the student’s understanding of theHistory and Philosophy of science. While the sample of the study consisted of (210) students who were selected using the Stratified random method. In order to collect the data, the test of understanding the History and Philosophy of science was implemented. It consisted of (32) items. The validity and reliability of the test were verified. The results indicated that there were statistically significant differences (α=0.05) in the academic achievement in favor of high achievement students. The results showed no statistically significant differences due to the specialization, academic year, and gender, and there are no statistically significant differences due to effect of the interaction between the specializations, academic year, academic achievement and gender. The results also showed significant correlation between students’ understanding History and Philosophy of science of the faculty of science with academic achievement, and the absence of correlation between understanding History and Philosophy of science with specialization academic year, and gender.

Keywords

• History of science, Philosophy of Science, Al Yarmouk University, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Science