The Causal Factors Influencing Scientific Literacy of Student Teachers in the Three Southernmost Provinces
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The objectives of this research were to study the causal factors that influence the scientific literacy of student teachers in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand. The sample was 210 of 3rd to 5th years of student teachers in General Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics majors with quota selection by the proportion of each university from Prince of Songkla University Pattani campus, Yala Rajabhat University, and Fatoni University. The research instrument was nine items of scientific literacy test including three components as knowledge, context, and attitude, and the 42 questionnaire items of factors that influence scientific literacy divided into four factors as attitude, motivation, curiosity, and quality of life. Descriptive statistics and confirmatory factor analysis with the partial least square method by PLS-SEM estimated were used in the data analysis. The results of the hypothesis testing from all eight hypotheses show that only four hypotheses are supported directly influencing as followed: 1) attitude has a positive influence on curiosity 2) attitude has a positive influence on the quality of life, 3) motivation has a positive influence on attitude and 4) motivation has a positive influence on curiosity. Furthermore, the finding showed two indirect influencing as attitude has an indirect influence on scientific literacy pass by the quality of life, and motivation has an indirect influence on scientific literacy pass by attitude and quality of life.
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