Science Education Research Papers/Topics

GUIDED DISCOVERYAND SELF LEARNING STRATEGIES: BIOLOGY INTERVENTION LESSONS IN A GHANAIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

ABSTRACT This study used guided discovery and self learning strategies as intervention to improve academic performance of students in biology at Wenchi Senior High School in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The study investigated whether the guided discovery and self learning approaches can provide opportunity to inculcate science process skills and to identify which science process skills are inculcated during science lessons.The study employed case study design using action research approa...

EFFECTS OF REALISTIC AND NON-REALIST SIMULATIONS ON STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT ON THE TOPIC CELL DIVISION

ABSTRACT This research was primarily designed to help improve the academic performance of students in Adventist Senior High School in the Sekyere South District in the study of Cell Division in Biology. The target population comprised Senior High School Biology students. Using the quasi-experimental design 74 second year biology students were selected for the study, the researcher put students into two groups; experimental and control groups, each group comprised of 37 students. The researc...

USING MODEL TO TEACH DOUBLE INDICATOR TITRATION BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to use model to teach double indicator titration at the SHS. Five research questions were formed to guide this study. This study used action research design using quantitative approach. Purposive and simple random sampling procedures were employed to select one hundred and seventy-five (175) participants for the study. Classroom observational checklist and questionnaire were the instruments used to collect data in the study. Descriptive statistics tool...

TEACHING METHODS AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN GENETICS.

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Concept Mapping Teaching Approach on students’ achievement in Genetics. The research design for this investigation was an experimental study design that employed pre-test and post-test control group design. The population for the study was all the 1,500 students of Hwidiem Senior High School located in Ahafo in the Asutifi North District of Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was used to select three classes that formed th...

THE EFFECT OF COMPUTER SIMULATION AND CONCEPT MODEL ON SELECTED SHS STUDENTS’ CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF CELL CYCLE

ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of Computer Simulation and concept model on selected Senior High School conceptual understanding of cell cycle. The target population was SHS biology students in the Central Region of Ghana. The accessible population was second year elective biology students in Mfantseman Municipality in the Central Region. The study employed quasi-experimental design and 70 second year elective biology students were purposively selected to participate in the stud...

INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INTO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of integration of computer technology such as computer animation into the teaching and learning of nuclear physics. The study involved one class of form three physics students in Anglican Senior High School in Kumasi. Purposive and convenience sampling techniques were used to select 70 students (13 females and 57 males). Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected using test and unstructured interviews respectively. The students wrote a p...

USING MOLECULAR MODELS TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF STUDENTS IN DRAWING AND NAMING STRUCTURAL FORMULAE OF CYCLIC HYDROCARBONS

ABSTRACT This study sought to find out undergraduate first year chemistry students’ ability to draw and name the structural formula of cyclic hydrocarbons using the molecular models. The study adopted a case study design which used action research approach. A sample size of 103 respondents participated in the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the respondents. The instruments used for data collection were exercises, tests and questionnaires. This was supplemented with o...

USING ACTIVITY-BASED INSTRUCTION TO IMPART COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TRAINEES’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE STUDY OF SCIENCE

ABSTRACT The study investigated the attitude of teacher trainees towards the study of science in the Colleges of Education. The study sought to look at students‟ attitude from four (4) significant perspectives namely; interest to do science, motivation to do science, level of students‟ involvement in science lessons and the type of interpersonal relationship between science teachers and students. The study also considered the effect of practical activities on students‟ performance as ...

USING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO HELP LEVEL "100 A" STUDENTS OF ATEBUBU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION HAVE BETTER CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF REFLECTION AND REFRACTION OF LIGHT

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to use instructional materials to help level "100A" students of Atebubu College of Education have better conceptual understanding of reflection and refraction of light. The study was an action research which falls under descriptive research design. The population of the study was all students of Atebubu College of Education. The target population for the research was all the Level 100 students of Atebubu College of Education but the accessible populatio...

THE EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES ON SELECTED DIASO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS‘ UNDERSTANDING OF REDOX REACTIONS

ABSTRACT The researcher employed cooperative instructional approaches as alternative teaching approaches involving selected Diaso Senior High chemistry students to determine whether the students would gain understanding of redox reaction content better than their counterparts who did not receive this teaching method. The study was conducted using the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 academic third year students with the 2013/2014 academic year students receiving the traditional lecture method and th...

THE IMPACT OF PEER INSTRUCTION ON STUDENTS’ CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN MECHANICS IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHAN

ABSTRACT  ABSTRACT In this study, two science classes from two senior high schools in the Central Region were selected and put into two groups (Control and Experimental). Students from experimental group were introduced to peer instruction and students from the control group were introduced to the same topics by the use of the traditional lecture method. Students in these two groups were made to answer standardised tests of Force Concept Inventory (FCI) and Mechanics Baseline Test (MBT) to...

Using Visuo-Spatial Models to Improve Students' Performance in Molecular and Hybridization Geometries

ABSTRACT The study determined the impact of using Visuo-Spatial Models (VSM) in teaching Molecular Geometry and Hybridization Geometry with associate Bond angles on College student’s performance at St. Joseph College of Education, Bechem. In the study, two cohorts labelled as experimental and control groups were used. The experimental group received instructions using the visuo-spatial approach of teaching. The control group on the other hand, was taught using the conventional approach of...

The Impact of the Utilisation of Improvised Laboratory Materials in Teaching Integrated Science on the Academic Performance of Basic School Students in South Tongu District

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the use of improvised science instructional materials on the academic performance of basic school students. The study focused on ten basic schools in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana. The instruments that were used to collect data includedResearcher-designed Performance Test in Integrated Science (PTIS) and a census sheet. The research design employed in this study was a cross-sectional survey that used pre...

Impact of In-Service Training on Junior High School Science Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Content Knowledge Competencies in Basic Electronics in Kassena Nankana Municipality

ABSTRACT Many students with good favourable attitudes and high interest in science soon see these qualities eroded by their experience of school science; some resulting from science teachers’ low level of content knowledge, poor methods of teaching and exhibition of low levels of self-efficacies. One topical area in science content that Junior High Schools (JHS) science teachers’ exhibit lack of interest and poor attitudes is in JHS basic electronics. This is because many of them did not...

THE EFFECTS OF STUDENT-CENTRED APPROACH ON BASIC PRACTICAL SKILLS OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AT OLA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, CAPE COAST

ABSTRACT The study is an action research aimed at assessing the effects of studentcentred approach on basic practical skills of pre-service teachers at OLA College of Education – Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana. A class of forty female preservice teachers were used for the study. The main purpose of the study was to adopt the student-centred approach which is a teaching strategy that attempts to assist students to discover their own knowledge through an activity to acquire basic ...


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