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Table 5.7 Mr. Vyn’s Students Selected as Participants in the Case Study
Categories
S05 S06
Students
S07 S08
Gender Male Male Female Female
Age 18 16 16 16
Biology
Achievement
Attitudes
Towards Biology
Parent Career
(Father/
Mother)
4.0 4.0 3.5 3.0
I like to study
biology…b/s I
wants to be a
doctor.
Retirement/
Teacher
Biology is
necessary for
living…even I
wants to be an
engineer.
Irrigation officer/
Employee
I learn biology
for everyday
living.
Army officer/
Banking officer
Biology was too
difficult for
understanding
…it had too
much
information.
Industrial /
government
employee
S06 was sixteen years old, had a twin brother studying biology in the
class and lived with the parents. His father was an officer in irrigation department,
and his mother was an employee. He thought that biology was necessary for his
living even his requirement of being an engineer unexpected the biology from him.
He usually studied biology by himself. His biology achievement was 4.0 and GPA
was 3.95.
S07 was sixteen years old, and lived with the parents. Her mother was a
banking officer, and her father was an army officer. She was only a girl in the class
who believed in Islam. She would like to learn biology for her everyday living. Her
interest in biology depended on how teacher teach biology. “I like participating in the
activities rather than listening to a lecture.” She was quite familiar with Mr. Vyn,
and often was asked to participate in the teaching. Her biology learning achievement
score was 3.5 and her GPA was 3.92.
S08 was sixteen years old, very shy and lived with the parents. Her
father was an industrial employee, and her mother was a government employee. Her
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