A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ADOLESCENTS' INTERESTS IN BIOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES AND EGYPT.

The article presents a comparative study on interests in biology by adolescents in the U.S. and Egypt. The topics on the questionnaire that was administered include plants, animals, human body, diseases, health and evolution and development of species. The study concluded that biology is an interesting subject for adolescents but the Egyptians had a higher interest in biology compared to Americans. The most interesting topic for Egyptian group were human body and evolution for the American group. The researcher found out that the two groups had shared little interests on the interrelationships of animals and plants. The results showed that culture played a vital role on the determination of adolescents interests.