ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of computer simulations instructional packages on the performance of students‘ learning of the topic, digestion. The study used the entry point, post-test and exit point quasi experimental design method in a mixed sex Senior High School. The study used all fifty (50) students of SHS 2 Home Economics 1 and forty eight (48) students of SHS 2 Home Economics 2 at Odorgonno Senior High School in Accra, Ghana. A post-test consisting o...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of instruction based on constructivist approach on students‘ achievement and views of students towards constructivist instructional approach in teaching chemical bonding. The study was a mixed-method (quantitative and qualitative) within the Action Research Paradigm. A diagnostic pre-intervention and post-intervention test questions and a questionnaire were used to collect data. The questionnaire was on a 5-point L...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate Junior High Schools Integrated Science teachers’ perceptions of classroom assessment practices. The study employed a descriptive survey research design to collect data from a sample of 22 integrated science teachers’ and 40 students’ in the district. A questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data on teachers and students perception of classroom assessment in integrated science. Lesson observations and interview schedule...
ABSTRACT The study focused on enhancing Senior High School students‟ performance in biology using the multi-media approach. The research was a quasi –experimental design involving Three General Science classes. The sample was one hundred and five (105) students of Techiman Senior High School in the Techiman municipality in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was adopted for selecting the sample for the study. The experimental group Form Two Science student...
ABSTRACT The study sought to improve Senior High School students‟ performance in genetics using cooperative instructional approach in the Keta Senior High Technical School in the Volta Region of Ghana. Sixty final year students of were purposively sampled for the study. The major objectives of the study were: to find out specific genetics concepts students don‟t understand; to identify the causes of students‟ inability to understand genetic concepts; use Mathematical expressions ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the effects of using cooperative learning on female teacher trainees of the Colleges of Education in learning some selected topics in Integrated Science. The investigation also sought to determine whether the Cooperative Learning Approach enhances the attitude and motivation of the trainees towards learning of Integrated Science. The study was carried out at the St. Monica’s College of Education in the Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region. In a...
ABSTRACT The principal focus of the study was to investigate the comparative effect of the extent to which analogy-based and animation-based instructional approaches influence senior high school students’ cognitive achievement (academic performance and retention) in biological molecular concepts especially in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) structure and replication, transcription and translation concepts. Four research questions with two hypotheses guided the study and tested at 0.05 level of ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the problems SHS Chemistry students faced in naming organic compounds especially hydrocarbons by IUPAC rules at Zion College Senior High School in the Keta Municipality. The research work established if there was a significant difference between the performance of students taught by the traditional method and those taught using molecular models. It also considered whether if there was significant difference between the performance of boys and girls in t...
ABSTRACT This study investigated chemistry topic difficulty perceived by SHS students and how the available textual materials and teachers help in addressing the difficulties. Five research questions guided the study. The study employed the descriptive survey design. The population comprised all SHS 3 chemistry students in eight schools selected from five administrative districts in Western Region. The sample size was 280 SHS 3 chemistry students and sixteen teachers. It was established that...
ABSTRACT The study sought to use practical work in the teaching of Integrated Science to improve students’ attitude and their performance in the subject. In respect of this, the action research approach was used as the research methodology. A sample of 150 Form 2 Arts individuals who demonstrated poor attitude and poor performance in class were used for the study. Three main instruments were used to collect data namely questionnaire, practical test and interview schedule. The questionnaire...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of using multimedia (computer simulation) in improving students' performance in genetics in Senior High School in Brong Ahafo. The main objective of the study was to establish if there is significant difference in academic performance in genetics between students' who were taught with multimedia method and students' who were not taught with multimedia method. The specific objectives were to find out whether there will be significant difference in t...
ABSTRACT The study focused on finding out the science teaching efficacy beliefs, science content knowledge and attitudes of preservice teachers in Colleges of Education in Ghana. A survey was used to gather data from a sample of 100 preservice teachers in two colleges of education in Ghana. A questionnaire consisting of a science teaching efficacy belief instrument (STEBI-B) science teaching attitude scale and a test were used to collect quantitative data respectively. The data wer...
ABSTRACT The research investigated the influence of concept mapping on basic students’ performance in the concept of digestion. The study was a case study in Junior High School using concept mapping as an intervention teaching strategy. The study used 25 Junior High students at Danbesco Firm Foundation School in the Ashaiman Municipality, Ghana. The students were tested with teacher–constructed pre-intervention tests consisting of twenty (20) multiple–choice and five (5) detailed...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the factors that affect the effective teaching and learning of integrated science at the Junior High School level in Juaboso district. The study stemmed from the Researcher’s involvement in teaching integrated science, conduct, supervision and marking of district mock examination in integrated science organized by Juaboso district education directorate. A total of 240 out of 987 students from 10 selected junior high schools in the distr...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the status and quality of science teaching and learning in some selected Junior High Schools of the Sunyani Municipality. The research involved 10 randomly selected schools within the Sunyani Municipality. A total of 100 pupils were selected in addition to 20 Integrated Science teachers. The study was a descriptive survey. A self -constructed questionnaire (SCQ), structured observation checklists and interviews were the main instruments for the data coll...