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Excellence in Pupils and Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Science
Table 1 Socio-Demographic Indicators of Respondents
Indicator Category f
.
Gender Male .
Female .
.
Total .
.
Degree of education College degree .
University degree .
.
Total .
.
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar .
Istria .
.
Lika-Senj .
Total .
Size of the place of residence Up to inhabitants .
where the respondent grew up More than inhabitants .
Total .
–
Size of the place of residence Up to inhabitants
where the respondent lives More than inhabitants
Total
Age x
Md
Mod
Min–Max
Respondents
The total number of respondents (Table 1) included 220 teachers of classroom
teaching. The majority of the respondents were female (95.5); the youngest
respondent was 24 and the oldest 64 years of age, and the average age is
40.53 years. The majority of teachers have a college degree (67.6), while
a lesser number has only a high school degree (32.4). At the level of sur-
veyed counties, data were collected from an equal number of teachers: from
Primorje-Gorski Kotar 36.4, Istarska 33.2, and Lika-Senj County 30.5 of
teachers. There was a somewhat larger number of teachers who grew up in
residential areas of up to 10,000 inhabitants (55.3) and who are living in an
area of up to 10,000 inhabitants (58).
Measuring Instruments
For the purposes of research, a survey was used to examine the attitudes of
science teachers using a five-degree assessment scale (1 – I fully disagree, 2
– I disagree, 3 – I neither agree nor disagree, 4 – I agree, I fully agree). The
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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Indicators of Respondents
Indicator Category f
.
Gender Male .
Female .
.
Total .
.
Degree of education College degree .
University degree .
.
Total .
.
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar .
Istria .
.
Lika-Senj .
Total .
Size of the place of residence Up to inhabitants .
where the respondent grew up More than inhabitants .
Total .
–
Size of the place of residence Up to inhabitants
where the respondent lives More than inhabitants
Total
Age x
Md
Mod
Min–Max
Respondents
The total number of respondents (Table 1) included 220 teachers of classroom
teaching. The majority of the respondents were female (95.5); the youngest
respondent was 24 and the oldest 64 years of age, and the average age is
40.53 years. The majority of teachers have a college degree (67.6), while
a lesser number has only a high school degree (32.4). At the level of sur-
veyed counties, data were collected from an equal number of teachers: from
Primorje-Gorski Kotar 36.4, Istarska 33.2, and Lika-Senj County 30.5 of
teachers. There was a somewhat larger number of teachers who grew up in
residential areas of up to 10,000 inhabitants (55.3) and who are living in an
area of up to 10,000 inhabitants (58).
Measuring Instruments
For the purposes of research, a survey was used to examine the attitudes of
science teachers using a five-degree assessment scale (1 – I fully disagree, 2
– I disagree, 3 – I neither agree nor disagree, 4 – I agree, I fully agree). The
107
