Science Education Research Papers/Topics

USING COOPERATIVE LEARNING APPROACH TO IMPROVE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF FORM TWO INTEGRATED SCIENCE STUDENTS AT OBRACHIRE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA

ABSTRACT This study presents the use of cooperative learning method that improved Integrated Science teaching in a comfortable non-threatening setting. It assessed the effects of cooperative learning and traditional learning methods on achievement of form two students in Integrated Science . This is an experimental study in which cooperative learning method - Student Team Achievement Division, developed by Slavin is selected as a teaching method and as a form of intervention and compared to t...

USING COOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF RESPIRATION AMONG FORM 2 HOME ECONOMICS STUDENTS IN PRESBYTERIAN GIRLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ODUMASE-KROBO

The interest of Senior High School (SHS) students towards the study of science has declined in many countries across the globe including Ghana. On the 14th-15th of November, 2005 member countries of organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) met in Amsterdam to discuss the Declining Students Enrollment in sciences and technology, and suggested that graduates turn out in the sciences in some member countries showed a drop of 30%-50% over the last 8- 10years. West African Exa...

COMPARING ACTIVITY-BASED AND DISCUSSION METHODS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SEED GERMINATION: A CASE STUDY IN ANYINASU M/A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ASHANTI REGION

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare the activity-based and discussion methods of teaching and learning of seed germination: a case study in Anyinasu M/A Junior High School. Thirty pupils were involved in the study. The pupils were put into two groups (Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’). Group ‘A’ of 15 pupils were taught seed germination using discussion method whiles Group ‘B’ also made up of 15 pupils, were taught the same concept using activity-based approach. The two group...

USING ACTIVITY METHOD OF TEACHING TO IMPROVE UPON THE PERFORMANCE OF SHS TWO HOME ECONOMIC STUDENTS IN INTEGRATED SCIENCE AT DIABENE SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN THE WESTERN REGION.

ABSTRACT The study aimed at helping SHS 2 Home Economics students’ of Diabene Senior High Technical School, Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana, on their performance in both class test and examinations in Integrated Science. Out of two hundred and fifty (250) students, one hundred and five (105) students made up of 95 boys and 10 girls were selected as sample size. The method for the sampling exercise was simple random sampling. Data were collected through interviews, observations and t...

USING COMPUTER ANIMATIONS TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF ACID STRENGTH

ABSTRACT The study aimed at improving students‟ understanding of the concept of acid strength in Kusanaba Senior High School through the use of computer animations. A practical approach to instruction was adopted while using computer animations as a corrective tool to students‟ misunderstanding of the concept under study. The fact that the sample consisted of two different classes taught by the Researcher, each having different subject/time schedules and partly because it was not disclose...

THE INFLUENCE OF VIRTUAL PHYSICS LABORATORY ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN MOTION: A CASE STUDY AT BISHOP HERMAN COLLEGE, KPANDO

ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to find out the influence of virtual physics laboratory on students‟ performance in motion. The total population for the study was 63 second year science students of Bishop Herman College, Kpando; 42 in the control group and 21 in the experimental. Quasi-experimental design was adopted in this study. Questionnaire, test and opinionnaire were the researched instrument used. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 16.0 statistical analysis program. D...

EFFECTS OF TLMs AND LEARNER-CENTRED APPROACH IN PHYSICS LESSONS IN SELECTED COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

ABSTRACT This research was conducted to investigate the effects of using teaching learning materials (TLMs) and learner-centred approach on performance in physics in Colleges of Education in Ghana. The target population comprised 15 science and mathematics colleges of education in Ghana. The accessible population consisted of 3 colleges out of the 15 science and mathematics colleges of education consistingof second year science students and their physics tutors in Central and Western Regions ...

A STUDY OF EFFECT OF MULTIMODAL INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN INTEGRATED SCIENCE

ABSTRACT The study took place in Winneba Senior High School. The study involved a whole class of first year Home Economics One students in Winneba Senior High School, Winneba, selected through purposive and convenience sampling technique, totalling forty (40) students (thirty-nine female and one male). Test, questionnaire and interview were the main instrument used to collect data for the study. The researcher developed Multimodal Instructional Approaches to teach some selected topics in inte...

IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS THROUGH CONCEPT MAPPING IN WENCHI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

ABSTRACT The study investigated the use of concept mapping teaching method on Senior high school students’ academic achievement in chemistry. The design of the study was quasi-experimental design with 54 elective science Senior High students selected purposively from Wenchi Senior High School in Brong – Ahafo Region. Twenty – seven (27)students were used for both the control and experimental groups. Experimental groups were taught using concept mapping teaching strategy while Control gr...

ENHANCING THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ARCHBISHOP PORTER GIRLS’ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS USING LABORATORY BASED PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES IN SELECTED CHEMISTRY TOPICS

ABSTRACT The study was designed to enhance the students’ academic performance in solubility and enthalpy change as topics in chemistry through the use of laboratory- based practical activities. The following were the objectives of the study: to determine students’ pre-conceptions on solubility and enthalpy change before the practical activities, to evaluate the effect of the use of practical activities on students’ performance on studying solubility and enthalpy change and to determine ...

GUIDED DISCOVERY AND 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 approac...

AN ANALYSIS OF THE BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS IN INTEGRATED SCIENCE. A STUDY OF PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE EFFUTU MUNICIPALITY OF THE CENTRAL REGION

This chapter tells about how this study was conceived. A narration of the Researcher’s experiences about a search for analysed results of B.E.C.E. in integrated science has been given. The Researcher noting that apparently no records of systematically analysed B.E.C.E. results existed at the Municipal office was motivated to research how to find previous B.E.C.E. results in Integrated Science in the Municipality, analyse and document them. Further, the Researcher bemoans the death of statis...

EFFECT OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN MOLE CONCEPT: A CASE STUDY AT TAMALE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) on students’ achievement in mole concept. The study was quasi-experimental research and nonrandomized control group pre-test – post-test design. The target population consisted of students in the four public Colleges of Education in the Northern Region of Ghana. The accessible population was level hundred students in Tamale College of Education. Purposive sampling was used to obtain a sample of e...

ENHANCING CHEMISTRY STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO CLASSIFY AND NAME ALIPHATIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS USING MOLECULAR MODELS.

ABSTRACT This study was designed to enhance EPC Mawuko Girls‟ SHS 2 Home Economics students‟ understanding of the classification, naming and writing of the structures of aliphatic organic compounds using molecular models. It was also intended to find out the students‟ views on the use of molecular models in teaching the structural formulae and naming of aliphatic organic compounds. The study was a case study design using the action research approach. The sample for the study was forty-f...

Using Molecular Model Set to Improve Academic Performance in Naming Organic Compounds at Effiduase Senior High School, Sekyere East District, Kumasi.

ABSTRACT This research was primarily designed to help improve students’ academic performance in naming organic compounds using molecular model set in Effiduase Senior High School in the Sekyere East district of the Ashanti Region. Experimental design was used for this study where the form three science classes were put into two groups. Science one students formed the control group and were taught using traditional approach while the science two students comprised the experimental group and ...


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