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...
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 ...
ABSTRACT Computer simulations are well documented in developed countries but little is known about them in developing countries like Ghana. The main objective of the study was to examine the effects of using computer simulations in teaching chemical bonding on cognitive achievement of learners and to compare the results with those of learners who were taught using the traditional method (lecture). The study employed a non-randomized control-group pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental desi...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to examine the effect of cooperative learning method of instruction in sustaining interest and improving performance of girls in Integrated Science. Thirty eight (38) girls selected from Form 2 General Arts class in St. Margaret Mary Senior High Technical School participated in this study. Tests, Questionnaires and Treatment Verification Checklist were the main instruments used for collecting data. A self-designed baseline survey test, pre-interventio...
ABSTRACT This study compared the effectiveness of 5E learning cycle model based on constructivist theory approach over traditionally designed instruction on second year students of St. Fidelis Senior High School understanding of the concepts of diffusion and osmosis. Two classes were randomly selected for the study; 32 students in the control group received the traditional instruction, while another 32 students in the experimental group received the 5E Model of instruction. Test scores and In...
ABSTRACT The study was aimed at identifying topics perceived as difficult to learn in Senior High School biology, and how they can be solved in the Mampong and Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipal Assemblies of Ghana. Descriptive survey and purposive sampling technique were employed, and the data analysed using descriptive statistics. Twelve (12) biology teachers 50 out of 300 Senior High School students constituted the sample. The data was collected using questionnaire and interviews. All the biology...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the performance of senior high school students in biology practical work in the Ledzokuku Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The mixed method approach was used and the design used was sequential explanatory design. A sample of 90 senior high school form 2 (SHS2) elective biology students randomly drawn from three public senior high schools were used for the study. The study was guided by three research questions and two resea...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the use of computer simulation to improve the teaching and learning of photosynthesis in two selected Junior High Schools in Prestea Huni-Valley. The research was quasi experimental involving a pre-test and post-test. The total population of the third year Junior High School Students‟ was 2018 students. The sample for the study comprised 136 third year Junior High School students sampled from two public junior high schools in the Western Region of ...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at finding out the importance of mentoring practices on Preservice teachers for developing effective primary science teaching. The main purpose for this study therefore, was to identify and describe the perception of the final year pre-service teachers of Abetifi College of Education (ABETICOE) on their mentoring in primary science education and the extent to which they received the range of mentoring practices that would assist them in developing their pri...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the use of animations and models to enhance the teaching and learning of biology at St Mary‟s Boys Senior High School, Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana. It explored the views of students on biology as a subject as well as the views of students on the role of animations in learning. The population consisted of 60 students from two intact classes of Saint Mary‟s Boys Senior High School in the Western Region of Ghana. Based on the results of ...
ABSTRACT This research sought to improve science concept formation of Senior High School students by bringing to light the factors that inhibit science concept formation in Keta Senior High Technical School students and proposing solutions to the factors. The research was conducted using one hundred and ninety three students, four science teachers and two science laboratory technicians all of Keta Senior High Technical School. Questionnaire was administered to the one hundred and ni...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the nature of formal reasoning among junior high school pupils in some selected schools in the Effutu Municipality. This study thus used logical reasoning tests in integrated science and in general knowledge as well as an interview protocol in collecting data. The integrated science logic tasks were based on topics chosen from the integrated science syllabus for form one, two and three pupils. However, the general logic tasks were based ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of using visual aids as an instructional tool in the teaching of circulatory systems in humans on the performance of Junior High School students. It further investigated the students‟ perception of motivation about their integrated science classroom learning environment under the visual aids and traditional teaching approaches. The study employed quasi experimental design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the two ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the use of information and communication tools to teach Particulate Nature of Matter in a science class at Guakro Effah Senior High School in the Techiman north district. The research design used for the study was Action Research. The target population was all 85 form one General Agricultural and General Science study. A total sample of 35 students were selected for the study. Convenience sampling was used to select the students. The instrument used for ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to improve the attitudes and achievement of Home Economics students in Biology through cooperative teaching and learning approach. The study used action research design. A sample of 66 S H S Home Economics Students was selected from Business Senior High School for the study. Data for the study were collected using questionnaire and tests. The questionnaire sought response on Home Economics students‟ attitude towards Biology. Two tests thus; pre and post-test...