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ABSTRACT Chemistry is a sublect that is needed by all in the area of Medicine, Engineering and ot... more ABSTRACT
Chemistry is a sublect that is needed by all in the area of Medicine, Engineering and other Science Related courses. For its successful study, the methods to its teaching become crucial. Faulty teaching can hinder or create a dislike for chemistry by the students. This study highlighted some of the ways the teaching of chemistry can be effective in Nigeria Secondary Schools. The adjustment of students, matching curricular offering with levels of mental development, motivation and some appropriate methods of teaching chemistry was looked into in this study. Quasi-expermental, employing the pre-test, post-test and non equivalent control group design was adopted. Five hypothesis were formulated to guide the study, and simple random sampling was used to select 300 Senior Secondary Students from the five Secondary Schools Selected within Ijebu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The instrument employed for the data collection was a teacher-made Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT). These data were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Covariance (ANCOVA) respectively. Based on these analyses, the following results emerged. There is a significant difference in the academic performance of students in chemistry after exposing them to problem solving method (PSM), Lecture Demonstration Method (LDM), Class Discussion Method (CDM) and Laboratory Practical Method (LPM) using experimental group (EG) and control group (CG) respectively.
Findings from this study shows that when students are put into consideration using appropriate method of teaching, then the teaching of chemistry can be effective in our Schools and this will have an exponential effect towards reducing mass failure currently encountered in both our internal and external examinations in Nigeria particularly in Chemistry subjects which requires more practicals than theory. Therefore, it was recommended that students should be encouraged to be fully involved in practical class activities so that the teaching and learning of chemistry can be effective not only to pass an examination but to actually gain some skills that would be needed in the future.
Keywords: Mental Development, Motivation, Quasi-Experimental and Curricular
Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the availability and utilization of laboratory r... more Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the availability and utilization of laboratory resources and achievement of students in Senior Secondary School Chemistry. Participants were 120 SS III students and five Chemistry teachers in the selected Secondary Schools in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Participants completed the availability and utilization of laboratory inventory-type questionnaires. Correlation research design was adopted for the study. The data were analyzed on the basis of the two hypotheses, using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Result shows that there is significant relationship between the utilization of laboratory resources and students’ achievement in Chemistry. The result obtained revealed that most Secondary Schools do not have adequate resources for chemistry instruction and the few available resources are not properly utilized for chemistry instructions in schools. This has a strong influence on their academic achievement in the subject.
The researcher therefore concluded that when chemistry teachers made used of laboratory resources adequately and presenting his teaching in a less abstract manner, the achievement of students in the subject will improved exponentially and this will increase the number of students that will apply to science related courses in higher institutions. Thereby leading to the attainment of scientific and technological advancement of the state and the Nation at large. Based on this, it was strongly recommended that Student should be encouraged to fully involve in the practical class activities so that the teaching and learning of chemistry will real and effective not only for passing an examinations but for the acquisition of skills that will be needed in future. Government and other stakeholders in education should aso assist in ensuring that adequate facilities for teaching and learning of Chemistry in our Senior Secondary Schools are provided and that Chemistry teachers should always make requisition for the materials needed and ensure proper utilization of the materials for Chemistry teaching.
Keywords: Laboratory resources, exponentially, and technological advancement
ABSTRACT Chemistry is a sublect that is needed by all in the area of Medicine, Engineering and ot... more ABSTRACT
Chemistry is a sublect that is needed by all in the area of Medicine, Engineering and other Science Related courses. For its successful study, the methods to its teaching become crucial. Faulty teaching can hinder or create a dislike for chemistry by the students. This study highlighted some of the ways the teaching of chemistry can be effective in Nigeria Secondary Schools. The adjustment of students, matching curricular offering with levels of mental development, motivation and some appropriate methods of teaching chemistry was looked into in this study. Quasi-expermental, employing the pre-test, post-test and non equivalent control group design was adopted. Five hypothesis were formulated to guide the study, and simple random sampling was used to select 300 Senior Secondary Students from the five Secondary Schools Selected within Ijebu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The instrument employed for the data collection was a teacher-made Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT). These data were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Covariance (ANCOVA) respectively. Based on these analyses, the following results emerged. There is a significant difference in the academic performance of students in chemistry after exposing them to problem solving method (PSM), Lecture Demonstration Method (LDM), Class Discussion Method (CDM) and Laboratory Practical Method (LPM) using experimental group (EG) and control group (CG) respectively.
Findings from this study shows that when students are put into consideration using appropriate method of teaching, then the teaching of chemistry can be effective in our Schools and this will have an exponential effect towards reducing mass failure currently encountered in both our internal and external examinations in Nigeria particularly in Chemistry subjects which requires more practicals than theory. Therefore, it was recommended that students should be encouraged to be fully involved in practical class activities so that the teaching and learning of chemistry can be effective not only to pass an examination but to actually gain some skills that would be needed in the future.
Keywords: Mental Development, Motivation, Quasi-Experimental and Curricular
Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the availability and utilization of laboratory r... more Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the availability and utilization of laboratory resources and achievement of students in Senior Secondary School Chemistry. Participants were 120 SS III students and five Chemistry teachers in the selected Secondary Schools in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Participants completed the availability and utilization of laboratory inventory-type questionnaires. Correlation research design was adopted for the study. The data were analyzed on the basis of the two hypotheses, using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Result shows that there is significant relationship between the utilization of laboratory resources and students’ achievement in Chemistry. The result obtained revealed that most Secondary Schools do not have adequate resources for chemistry instruction and the few available resources are not properly utilized for chemistry instructions in schools. This has a strong influence on their academic achievement in the subject.
The researcher therefore concluded that when chemistry teachers made used of laboratory resources adequately and presenting his teaching in a less abstract manner, the achievement of students in the subject will improved exponentially and this will increase the number of students that will apply to science related courses in higher institutions. Thereby leading to the attainment of scientific and technological advancement of the state and the Nation at large. Based on this, it was strongly recommended that Student should be encouraged to fully involve in the practical class activities so that the teaching and learning of chemistry will real and effective not only for passing an examinations but for the acquisition of skills that will be needed in future. Government and other stakeholders in education should aso assist in ensuring that adequate facilities for teaching and learning of Chemistry in our Senior Secondary Schools are provided and that Chemistry teachers should always make requisition for the materials needed and ensure proper utilization of the materials for Chemistry teaching.
Keywords: Laboratory resources, exponentially, and technological advancement