Relationship between Reading Achievement and Attitude of Elementary Students in Yala Province.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between reading achievement and attitude of the second and fifth grade students in Yala Province. The samples were 551 second grade students, 408 Buddhist students and 143 Islamic students, and 572 fifth grade students, 431 Buddhist student and 141 Islamic students. They were randomly selected from elementary schools in Yala Province. The instruments for these two levels were reading achievement tests which consisted of reading for problem solving and for comprehension, and attitude tests. The reading achievement test and attitude tests were respectively administeres to those Buddhist and Islamic student. The results indicated that, there were significant relations at the .05 between the reading achievement scores and attitude scores of the second and fifth grade students the relationship of the second grade students showed positive direction, but the relationship of the fifth grade students, both Buddhist and Islamic students showed the negative direction.