@article {1222, title = {EFFECT OF INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING ON STUDENTS{\textquoteright} ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEARNING BIOLOGY AT UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RWANDA}, journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education}, volume = {21}, year = {2022}, month = {October/2022}, pages = {Continuous}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {862-874}, abstract = {Attitude has been regarded as a motivating feeling for the learning of biology. However, how inquiry-based learning contributes to attitude change towards the learning of biology has not yet been studied in Rwanda. This study intends to determine the effect of inquiry-based learning on students{\textquoteright} attitudes toward learning biology. A sample of 228 secondary school students at the upper secondary level in Rwanda was used. A quasi-experimental design with pre-and post-test was employed. One group was randomly assigned to the control group (N = 109) under the conventional teaching method, while the second group participated as the experimental group (N = 119) under the inquiry-based learning method. Biology attitude questionnaire (BAQ) was tested and a Pearson reliability of .89 coefficient was found, and hence the BAQ was adopted and used for the control and treatment groups before and after learning microbiology. Results asserted a significant effect of intervention in favor of the experimental group. However, a significant effect of the treatment on students{\textquoteright} attitude change in relation to gender was not identified. The study recommends using inquiry-based learning to promote attitude toward learning biology as it raises students{\textquoteright} interest to learning biology and alleviates the difficulty of its concepts.}, keywords = {biology education, inquiry-based learning, quasi-experimental design, students{\textquoteright} attitudes}, issn = {1648-3898}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/22.21.862 }, url = {https://oaji.net/articles/2022/987-1667237209.pdf}, author = {Henriette Manishimwe and William Aino Shivoga and Venuste Nsengimana} }