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 APPENDICES A

Questionnaire
A study to investigate student’s interest in physics in relation
to gender at higher secondary level
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:

College: ______________________ Discipline: ______________________

Year: __________________________ Gender: _________________________

Subjects in Metric: _______________ Marks of physics in Metric:_____________

Favorite topic in physics: _____________________

Parents Education: Father: ________________ Mother: __________________

Some Statement are Given below. Please indicate your opinion about each statement by
ticking the appropriate box at the right of the statement your information will be kept
confidential.

Key: 4: not interested, 3: somewhat not interested, 2: somewhat interested, 1: very

interested.

VI SI SNI NI
No Statements
1 2 3 4
Why we dream while we are sleeping, and what
1
the dreams may mean?

2 Life and death and human soul.

Thought transference, mind reading, sixth sense,
3
intuition, etc.

4 Ghosts and witches, and whether they may exist.

Astrology and horoscopes, and whether the
5
planets can influence human beings.
6 Life outside of earth.

7 Unsolved mysteries in outer space

8 How it feels to be weightless in space

9 How to find my way and navigate by the stars.

Black holes, super nova’s and other spectacular
10
objects in outer space

11 Star planets and the universe

How meteors, comets or asteroids may cause
12
disaster on earth.

13 Why the stars twinkle and the sky is blue

The star landing on the moon and the history of
14
space exploration

15 Rockets, satellites and space travel

The use of satellites for communication and other
16
purposes
Inventions and discoveries that have changed the
17
world
How mobile phones can send and receive
18
messages

19 How computers work

How cassette tapes, CDs and DVDs store and
20
play sound and music

21 How things like radio and television work

How electricity has affected the development of
22
our society
The use of lasers for technical purposes (CD-
23
players, bar- codes readers, etc.)
How to use and repair every day electrical and
24
mechanical equipment

25 How petrol and diesel engine work

 How energy can be saved or used in a more
26
effective way

27 How the sunset colors the sky

28 Why we can see rainbows

New sources of energy from the sun, wind, tides,
29
waves, etc.

30 How the atom bomb functions

31 Electricity, how it is produced and used in home

Optical instrument and how they work (telescope,
32
camera microscope etc.)
How different musical instruments produced
33
different sounds

34 Light around us that we can’t see (IR) (UV)

How a nuclear power plant function’s
35