Attitudes of Students Toward Learning Physics and its Relation with Academic ‎Achievement of First Grade Secondary Students in Public Schools

This research aimed to identify the attitudes of first grade secondary students of Aloula Secondary School, Almozahmya, toward learning physics. In addition, it aimed to specify the academic achievement level of students in physics course, and to declare the relationship between academic achievements of students their attitudes toward learning it. In order to achieve these objectives, the research depended on the surveying, correlational and descriptive method to be applied on the research population of (124) students. To collect data, two instruments were used: Attitude towards learning physics scale and physics achievement test. Also, the validity of the two instruments was verified. The results were that: the students’ academic achievement in physics was in (low) category with mean (6.48) and SD (2.628). The students’ attitude toward learning physics was in (low) category with mean (1.64) and SD (0.266). Furthermore,  there is positive correlational statistically significant relationship on level (0.01) between students’ attitude toward learning physics and academic achievement in physics course. A group of recommendations were deducted from these results and the most important are: preparing educational and training programs for physics teachers about the importance of developing students’ attitude toward learning physics through creating suitable encouraging learning environment to participate in promoting students’ achievement in physics course.