Abstract

• The main purpose of this study is to investigate the students’ perceptions of teacher interaction with students in the middle school science classrooms. In this study, the descriptive research design was used. The six Basic Education High Schools were selected from Taungoo Township by using simple random sampling method. The participants were 302 Grade Six students from the selected schools. The questionnaire was used as an instrument in this study. In the data analysis, the data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (percentage) to compare the mean differences on the students’ perceptions of teacher interaction in four scales of the questionnaire. Moreover, the data were analyzed by using independent samples t-test to compare the differences between male and female in students’ perceptions of teacher interaction. In the first part, the results of this study showed that most of the students in Basic Education High School perceived a moderate level in perceptions of teacher interaction. In the second part, the results of this study showed that there were no significant differences between male and female on students’ perceptions of teacher interaction in science classroom. Therefore, the research findings proved that the students had positive attitudes towards teacher interaction in the science classroom. In addition, this study is expected to enhance the students’ positive perceptions of teacher interaction in all schools in Myanmar.