International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2016, Volume : 6, Issue : 9
First page : ( 445) Last page : ( 457)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Analysis of Science Process Skills in the Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) of Bangladesh

Ahmed Rezina*

* Lecturer, Institute of Education and Research, University of Dhaka

Online published on 25 October, 2016.

Abstract

Process skills are the ways of thinking about and interacting with materials and phenomena that can lead to an understanding of new scientific ideas and concepts i.e. inquiry-based learning which is the basic of science learning across the globe. The main purpose of science education is to make scientific literate pupil. This article intends to analyze science process skills in the Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) of Bangladesh till to date (2009–2015). The design used for the study was an ex-post factor design. This study found that emphasis has given on basic process skills only in PECE. Out of seven basic skills, only observing kill found as prominent; predicting, inferring and communicating got less emphasis and measuring, classifying did not get any room. No integrated process skills were found in Primary level examination. The findings indicate that PECE in Bangladesh emphasis a few basic process skills only. Therefore, this study suggests that PECE committee should include process skills in a balance way so that the learners become more curious towards science related issues which will help creating scientifically literate citizen in future.

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Keywords

process skills, primary science education, Bangladesh.

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