Primary School Students Attitude Toward STEM Subjects: A case study in Sarawak

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the attitudes of primary schools students’ attitude towards science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) subjects. Multistage sampling method was used to select the sample of the study.  The participants of the study consist of 10,565 primary schools’ students in Sarawak region, Malaysia. The quantitative approach was used in the study and the quantitative data was collection via survey on four factors of attitude towards STEM subjects: self confidence in STEM learning, perceived value of learning STEM, enjoyment in STEM learning, and motivation in STEM learning. Results of the study showed that students’ attitude towards STEM subjects are at low positive across all four factors.