ABSTRACT

This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of student interest in the various communities of the factors that influence students interest in the subject of Life Skills Co-operative teaching and learning methods in t o secondary schools in !uar" !any factors can influence the interest and attitudes to ards the learning of life skills such as parents# income and educational background of parents" The study also e$amined the differences in student interest in the subject of life skills among gender demographics% diversity among the !alay% Chinese and &ndian as ell as students# achievement in life skills" This study represents a survey" A total of '() respondents from the ()'* session of +orm Three students ere randomly selected from t o schools% namely S!, as collected through .uestionnaires and Raja !uda and S!, Tengku !ahkota% !uar" -ata

analy/ed by S0SS soft are through their regular% statistical tests and one- ay A123A 0ost 4oc test to test the hypothesis" The results sho ed that most students are not interested 5mean score 6 *"78 9 in the subjects living skills" The study also found that many students interested in the subject of this difference in bet een males and females " &n addition there are also similarities and differences in the demographic diversity studied" This study is e$pected to be a reference to the various parties to improve the .uantity of students interested in the subject of life skills and can be used as a guideline for further research in the future"