@article {768, title = {THE RELATION OF GENDER AND TRACK ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS{\textquoteright} ATTITUDE TOWARD CONVERGENCE}, journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education}, volume = {18}, year = {2019}, month = {June/2019}, pages = {Continuous}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {417-434}, abstract = {Preparing a positive attitude toward convergence is essential to help students grow into future generations with the ability to solve various complex problems. This research aims to examine high school students{\textquoteright} attitude toward convergence and the relation to gender and track. Responses from 1,186 Indonesian students in tenth (10th) and eleventh (11th) grade were purposively collected. Students were administered twenty-three items of attitude toward convergence covering five constructs: knowledge, personal relevance, social relevance, interest, and self-efficacy. Data were analyzed using IRT-Rasch analyses, two-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation analysis, and cluster analyses. The primary finding of this research presented that high school students{\textquoteright} attitude toward convergence on the construct of interest and self-efficacy is significantly related to gender and track. Female students show to be more interested in convergence than male students. However, female students have lower self-efficacy. Additionally, science track students tend to be more interested in convergence than humanities track and showing higher self-efficacy. After performing cluster analysis, students are divided into three particular groups according to their attitude toward convergence. Finally, customized learning is proposed to improve students{\textquoteright} attitude toward convergence.}, keywords = {attitude toward convergence, female, humanities track, male, science track}, issn = {1648-3898}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/19.18.417}, url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2019/987-1559372478.pdf}, author = {Yustika Sya{\textquoteright}bandari and Minsu Ha and Jun-Ki Lee and Sein Shin} }