Science Teachers’ and Students’ Perceived Difficult Topics in the Integrated Science Curriculum of Lower Secondary Schools in Barbados

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the perception of students and teachers of the difficult topics in the lower secondary school science curriculum of Barbados; if there were statistically significant differences in (a) students’ perception and teacher perception of difficult topics and (b) students’ perception of difficult topics based on their gender, interest in science, study habits and school location and school category; as well as to determine the inter-relationships among the four student variables (gender, interest in science, study habits, school location).