The Degree of Availability of Scientific Research Skills among Students ofFaculty of Education at University of Saba Region from the Students and their Supervisors Points of View

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the degree of availability of scientific research skills among students of Faculty of Education at University of Saba Region from the students and their supervisors’ points of view. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers prepared a questionnaire that consisted of five domains: defining the problem, preparing the research plan, literature review, research methodology and procedures, presenting the analysis, discussion and interpretation of the research results, references and citation. The questionnaire included (53) items. After verifying the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, it was administered to a sample of (133) students of Level IV of the students of Faculty of Education and Science as well as (22) supervisors who supervised their graduation research. The study reached the following conclusions:
The degree of availability of scientific research skills among the sample was low on the total questionnaire and its sub-domains from the students’ and their supervisors’ points of view, except in the field of literature review, where it was very low from the students’ point of view and medium from the their supervisors’ point of view. The study also concluded that there were statistically significant differences in the estimates of students and their supervisors of the degree of availability of research skills on the total questionnaire and on the field of references and citation. There were, however, no statistically significant differences on the other four domains. The results also show that there were differences in the sample due to the variable of the department (scientific, human) on the total questionnaire and its sub-domains, and there were no statistically significant differences due to the gender variable (male, female).