ABSTRACT This study investigated the challenges of ICT integration in the teaching and learning of science in public senior high schools in the Akuapem North Municipality. The study was guided by four objectives: to determine the availability of ICT infrastructure in public senior high schools in the teaching of science, to determine ICT skills level of Science teachers, to establish the frequency of ICT use in the teaching of science and to identify strategies used by senior high schools t...
ABSTRACT The primary focus of the study was to determine the effectiveness of concept mapping and cooperative learning as instructional approaches on students’ performance in excretion. It was also to explore the extent to which concept mapping and cooperative learning as instructional approaches improved students’ conception in excretion.The quasi-experimental design of non-equivalent pre-test-intervention-post-test with two intact biology classes was employed. Purposive sampling...
ABSTRACT The use of practical activities in science has been accepted as part of i the science teaching and learning in Ghanaian Senior Secondary Schools f: albeit for different reasons. Over the years, the West African Examination Ii Council (WAEC) Chief Examiners' reports have consistently alluded to i weaknesses in students' performance in science practical examinations. I These weaknesses have cast serious doubts on Senior Secondary School (SSS) students' involvement in practical activit...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) approach to mole concept among students of Techiman Senior High School. The study was quasi-experimental research and nonrandomized control group pre-test – post-test design. The total population considered for the study was 243 second year students of Techiman Senior High School. The sample size was 74 second year students offering the General Science Programme. The selection procedure was...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the instructional approaches utilized in selected seniorhigh schools during integrated science lessons. The persistent poor performance of senior highschool (S H S) students in the research area in integrated science prompted this study. Thetarget population comprised senior high schools in the Gomoa East and West District of thecentral region. The accessible population however consisted of senior high school in the GomoaEast District. Of the ei...
ABSRTACT The concern of this study was to investigate the effect of guided-discovery learning strategy on the performance of students on mode of heat transfer. Students from two selected public senior high schools were used. The research was a quasi-experimental one and the main instruments for data collection were a 20-item multiple choice Physics Achievement Test drawn from West African Examination Council past questions on mode of Heat Transfer and a questionnaire. The questionnaire...
ABSTRACT The study sought to use the activity method to teach some selected topics in biology in St. Monica‟s College of Education in Mampong Ashanti. The study was an action research which aimed at identifying a problem and putting down the appropriate interventional strategies to solve the identified problem. The data collection instrument used was test items. The population of study was all the second year students pursuing the Diploma in Basic Education (DBE). The results of t...
ABSTRACT This thesis emphasizes an alternative instructional tool called “Concept Map”. Concept map has been applied in a variety of fields, including instructions, learning, curriculum development, and assessment. Researchers have determined that, concept maps serve as an effective tool in the traditional classroom. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of concept map to enhance the teaching and learning of Cell Biology in Senior High Schools one students. The resea...
ABSTRACT This study sought to identify the challenges teachers and students face in the teaching and learning of basic electronics in the Jirapa Municipality of Ghana. Descriptive survey was employed and questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data on thirteen science teachers and one hundred and sixty-one 2018 BECE candidates. The teachers were also given an amplifying electronic circuit to connect. The study revealed that; lack of electronic components, insufficient practical kno...
ABSTRACT This study explored some of the difficulties students face when learning Chemistry in the Science Colleges of Education. The study was prompted by the students‟ poor performance in their first and second semester examinations. The main purpose of the study therefore, was to identify some of the difficulties the students face when studying Chemistry and also look at the practices that would enhance their study of the subject. The study was also aimed at finding out whether th...
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the effect of using plots and graphs to teach the concept motion. The study established the effects of plots and graphs to teach motion. In this study the Researcher taught using charts, diagrams, plots and graphs and the students were taken through a lot of activities. The progress of students was monitored by the Researcher through the use of the activities and the evaluation questions. The study identified students feedback to the questions asked du...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the role of practical work in senior high school physics teaching. Action Research design was adopted. Form two, 30 science students from Ngleshie Amafro Senior High School Kasoa randomly selected were involved in the study. Five physics topics were taught over a period of four weeks. Five lessons were therefore held in which practical work was used as the main teaching strategy. Findings from the students’ practical activities ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated teachers’ perceptions of classroom assessment and their current classroom assessment practices in science. A total of 22 teachers comprising of 9 males and 13 females drawn from four primary schools in the Anyako/Afiadenyigba circuit of Keta Municipal Assembly (KeMA) were involved in the study. Questionnaire was used as the main source of data collection instrument. The data collected helped to establish the teachers’ perceptions of classroom assess...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate Senior High School students’ conception of the sickle cell disease (SCD). The study was conducted in two schools from the Adentan Municipality in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The total population of sample consisting of four hundred and twenty (420) was selected from two different Senior High Schools forms one and two students. The accessible population included ninety-six (96) from Delcam and Two hundred and thirty-five (235) stud...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to improve students’ academic achievements in physics. It was the belief of the author that if students’ were allowed to develop higher cognitive processes through problem-solving instructional strategy using the five step problem solving heuristic proposed by Williams, Metcalfe, Trinklein and Lefler, called the Modern Physics Problem Solving Rule, it might improve positively their academic performance and for that matter increase their interest in physic...