The aim of this research study was to measure the motivation of girls towards learning Science at the secondary school level. The data were collected from ten girls' schools, drawn from three towns of Karachi, Pakistan, through multi-stage random sampling in a cross-sectional survey. A 35-item questionnaire measuring six aspects of motivation toward learning science, that is, self-efficacy, active learning strategies, Science learning value, performance goal, achievement goal, and learning environment stimulation, was administered directly with 289 students over a period of three weeks, in February 2008. The data were analyzed to see the overall motivation of girls in Science and compare the motivational difference in three subjects; Physics, Chemistry and Biology, by using SPSS through descriptive statistics. My research questions were: 1. What motivates female students enrolled in 10th classes towards learning Science? 2. Is there any difference in the motivation of girls towards learning in Physics, Chemistry and Biology? Through descriptive statistics, that is, comparing mean and standard deviations, the results indicate that on average, the girls have high motivation towards learning science, and furthermore, their intrinsic motivation is higher as compare to their extrinsic motivation. The results also show that their intrinsic motivation is negatively influenced by their self-efficacy and learning environment stimulation. In addition, the comparison of the motivation of girls in Physics, Chemistry and Biology reveals that there is not a significant difference in the motivation of girls towards the three subjects. However, mean scores of girls in the three subjects indicated a slight difference; that is, motivation in biology (M= 3.9) is slightly higher than Chemistry (M=3.8) and Physics (M= 3.7). The results also indicated that the female science students have lower self-efficacy in Physics (M= 3.4), as compared to Chemistry (M=3.8) and Biology (M=3.9). Based on the findings of this study, the researcher recommends encouraging female Science students to enhance their self-efficacy towards learning Science, which has a strong impact on their motivation to learn Science. It is also recommended for the researcher to conduct further studies on Science students at different class levels in order to explore their motivational difference at each stage.
بروین شاکر التي لھا المکانۃ والمنزلۃ المرموقۃ في ساحۃ الأدب والشعر فھي حاولت بقدر ما تستطیع أن تکون لنفسھا مکاناً في میدان الغزل والمنظومات۔۔ وخاصۃ بوجود فھمیدۃ ریاض التي تم التعرف علیھا والشاعرۃ کشور ناھید، فکان وجودھا فخراً وعزۃ للمجتمع الباکستاني وکان یحتاج الکثیر من الجھد من شاعرتنا بروین شاکر حتی تکون لنفسھا مکانۃ وتعطي لمکانتھا الحق اللائق بما یُناسب شخصیتھا وشرفھا۔
کشور ناهيد
ولدت ھذہ الشاعرۃ المعروفۃ في الھند في 3 فبرایر في عام 1940م فھي تتحدث في أشعارھا عن المرأۃ وما تلاقي من مظالم۔ فکانت تتناول المرأۃ الباکستانیۃ خاصۃ والمرأۃ الأخریٰ عامۃً، ولھا الأعمال الشعریۃ الرائعۃ في الغزل والمنظومات، ولھا الدواوین والمجموعات الشعریۃ الممتازۃ۔ والشاعرۃ پروین شاکر علی نمط شعرائنا المعروفین وخاصۃ الشعر الرومانسي والعاطفي، ومن أھم شعراء الغزل الرومانسي أختر شیراني، فیض، فراز، ساحر لدھیانوي وپروین شاکر۔
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أختر شيراني
شاعر الأردو، محمد داود خان ولد في عائلۃ(راجبوت) عاش في لاھور، وکان والدہ البروفیسور محمود شیرانی أستاذ اللغۃ الفارسیۃ في أحد ثانویات لاھور وُلد أختر شیراني في 1905م وتوفي فی عام 1948م۔
أحمد فراز
ولد في 4 ینایر 9131م وتوفي في 25 أغسطس في 2008 وقد حصل علی المجستیر في اللغۃ الأردیہ والفارسیۃ، وحصل علی الجائزۃ في (آدم جي ادبي ایوارڈ) عام 1988م، وعلی جائزۃ أخری عام 1990م وقد اشتمل النصاب التعلیمي علی بعض أعمالہ الأدبیۃ في جامعۃ (علی گڑھ) وجامعۃ (بشاور)۔
فيض أحمد فيض
وھذہ الشخصیۃ المعروفۃ لھا المکانۃ في الساحۃ الأدبیۃ والشعر بعد الإقبال [1]في الشعر الأردو، وقد ولد قبل قيام الباکستان عام 1911م في مدینۃ (سیالکوت) في بیت عزِ وشرفٍ، وحصل...
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