Abstract

• The purposes of this study are to investigate the relationship between the students’ attitudes towards Physics and achievement in Physics, the relationship between the students’ motivation towards Physics and their achievement, and to examine the relationship between students’ attitudes and motivation towards Physics. A quantitative research method was mainly used to study students’ attitudes and students’ motivation. A descriptive research design was adopted in this study that was conducted in Yangon Region. The sample schools for this study were selected randomly. Eight high schools were selected from Yangon Region. There were (435) Grade ten students participated in this study. As instruments, an attitude questionnaire, a motivational questionnaire and an achievement test were used. For the reliability of instruments, a pilot testing with (40) Grade ten students was conducted. The internal consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha) of the students’ attitude questionnaire was (0.78), that of students’ motivation questionnaire was (0.74), and that of achievement test was (0.72). In this study, the data were analyzed by using the descriptive analysis techniques and Pearson product moment correlation. The research findings revealed that there were positive correlations between students’ attitudes and their achievement in Physics (r= .607, p<.01), students’ motivation and their achievement in Physics (r=.562, p<.01), and positive correlation between students’ attitudes and motivation towards Physics (r= .744, p<.01).