IMPACT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH PROGRAM ON DEVELOPING ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS INTEGRATION BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Abstract

The current research aimed to investigate the effect of aninterdisciplinary approach-based program on developing achievement and attitudes towards integration between scientific disciplines among first year universitystudents in the health track (public health) at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To achieve this, the quasi-experimental approach was used with its two-group design: control and experimental, with pre- and post-measurements. The measurement tools were an achievement test for the respiratory and urinary systems units, and a scale of attitudes towards integration between scientific disciplines. The research was conducted in a group of (60) students (for the experimental group); in the second semester of the academic year 2024-2025. The research achieved several results, the most prominent of which are: that the program based on the interdisciplinary approach had an impact on developing achievement skills and improving the attitudes of the experimental research group towards integration between scientific disciplines. Considering the results it achieved, the research recommended a set of recommendations.