Attitude towards Capstone Project: Looking from gender and stage perspectives

This descriptive study determined the attitudes of students towards Capstone Project. Toward this aim, it investigated whether significant differences existed in the attitudes of the Capstone Project students when grouped according to gender and the stage of the course they were enrolled in. Five hundred eight students answered the Capstone Project Attitude Scales. The respondents perceived that the Capstone Project was useful and they showed confidence towards the course. They perceived that the course was also fit for female students. Independent i-test, at 0.05 level of significance, showed that the students in the final stage of the course had a higher perception than those in the proposal stage concerning the usefulness of the course and they had higher confidence towards the course. Female students had a higher perception than the male students on the suitability of the course for the women. Furthermore, the female students in the final stage had a higher perception than the female students in the proposal stage regarding the suitability of the course for the women. Conclusions, limitations, and recommendations for future research were also presented.