Abstract Studies have shown that science in Africa stemmed from external influence and this has led to the inability of science students in Nigeria and Africa to relate with what is being taught in the classrooms. Most concepts in science are abstract, counter intuitive and not consistent with the students existing knowledge translating into the negative attitude and lack of interest students demonstrate towards science subjects which reflects in poor performance of students in these subjects...
The opinion of students on what they will do after graduation and the role of biology teachers in preparing students toward self-reliant ventures after graduation. Three purposes of study and three research questions guided the study. The opinion survey research design was used for the study. A sample of two hundred and fifty biology students and fifty biology teachers drawn from a population of one hundred and fifty teachers teaching biology and ten thousand, two hundred and ten students off...
As good as STEAM education is, the introduction of STEAM into secondary school curriculum is good but not handled by academic qualified teachers and this are marred the students’ performance. The teaching approach that a teacher adopts is one factor that may affect students’ achievement and facilitates high standards of learners’ outcomes. The failure or good performance of students rest on the quality of instruction and not lack of student’s ability to learn. This paper addresses som...
This study investigated the influence of age and parental variables such as Parental occupation and education background on the students’ academic performance in Biology in Umuahia education zone of Abia state of Nigeria. The research was ex-post facto research design. A total sample of 120 students was drawn from the population using stratified random sampling. Questionnaire on Age and Parental Variable Influence (QAPVI) developed by the researcher was used for data collection. The reliabi...
1) Chloramphenicol is a type of protein synthesis inhibitor that binds to the 50S ribosomal subunit which can be harmful to certain bacteria, fortunately many bacteria have developed a resistance towards it by either closing off the outer membrane so that the antibiotic cannot enter at all or by developing certain genes that will act like a shield to the part of the bacteria the antibiotic is trying to get to. This resistance is vitally important because if the antibiotic were to bind to the...
TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGEI DEDICATIONII ACKNOWLEDGEMENTIII TABLE OF CONTENTSIV-VI CHAPTER ONE1 1.0 Brief introduction of NIHORT1 1.1 Vision of NIHORT1 1.2 Mission statement1 1.3 Mandates2 1.4 Organization structures2 CHAPTER TWO3 2.0 Product development programme (PDP)3 2.1 Stages involve in fruits processing for juice3 CHAPTER THREE5 3.0 Floriculture programme5 3.1 Objectives of floriculture5 3.2 Uses of flower5 3.3 Production of flower5 3.4 Types of flower5 CHAPTER FOUR6 - 7 4.0 Farmi...
ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were to investigate what biology content areas that biology teachers perceive as important but difficult for them to teach and the reasons they for perceptions. The investigator used a forty-item questionnaire to elicit information from one hundred and twelve biology teachers in Kwara State. The mean and standard deviation of each item were computed and rank ordered. Frequency counts were then used for the reasons given by the teachers. Most of the content ...