Abstract

• The main aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the level of students’ basic science process skills and science achievement and to investigate the relationship between students’ attitude towards science and science achievement. Survey research design, one of the quantitative research designs, was used in this study. And, this study was restricted to two Basic Education High Schools in Sagaing Township. The participants were (228) Grade Seven Students from No (1) Basic Education High School and Shwe Min Wun Practicing High School. These schools were selected by using simple random sampling method. In the collection of data, Basic Science Process Skills Test, Science Achievement Test and questionnaires for Attitude towards Science were employed. The quantitative data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations, frequency and percentage). And then, Pearson Product Moment correlation was used to examine the relationship between the level of students’ basic science process skills and their science achievement and the relationship between students’ attitude towards science and their science achievement. The results revealed that most of Grade Seven students were competent in communicating skill among the six skills. The results also showed that many students were interested in science activity. Moreover, the results stated that most of the students were strong in understanding level among six levels. It was found that there is significant and moderate positive relationship between the level of Grade Seven students’ basic science process skills and their science achievement. It was also found that there is significant and weak positive relationship between Grade Seven students’ attitude towards science and their science achievement. It can be concluded that the more the students are good at basic science process skills, the higher they achieve in science achievement.