ABSTRACT Growth to a worldwide scale in the 21st century has ensued innovative ways of teaching and learning. The traditional method of teaching and learning of science is fast losing its acceptance and impact in the educational sector. Computers have become increasingly important among science educators as they play important roles during the instruction of students in the science classroom. To demonstrate conditions of conceptual change in science learning, simulation-based environments a...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the reflective teaching techniques practiced by basic school teachers in Akuse. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the reflective teaching techniques used by basic school teachers in Akuse, the extent to which these techniques were practiced and also find out the most popular and convenient reflective teaching techniques practiced by some selected basic school teachers in Akuse. A 17-item questionnaire was developed to seek inform...
ABSTRACT This study employed a descriptive survey to determine the effect of using integration technology, group work and practical demonstration on the pedagogical skills of basic school teachers as they participated in some carefully designed instructional activities that try to elicit their misconceptions in some selected science topics. A sample size of forty - five (45) teachers was used for the study: 33 (73%) Science teachers and 12 (27%) ICT teachers from the eight Junior High ...
ABSTRACT An action research was undertaken to investigate into the effects of using cooperative learning on pre-service teachers in enhancing their performance in teaching Integrated Science at Junior High School (JHS). The investigation sought to motivate and improve the attitudes of the female pre-service teachers towards learning and teaching science through cooperative learning. The data collection instruments were researcher observation, questionnaires and achievement tests. ...
ABSTRACT The teaching and learning of science in the Senior High Schools (SHS) has of late not been very effective since the practical aspect of the subject is seemingly neglected by many teachers. The main objective of this study was to investigate the challenges associated with the organization of science practical lessons in some selected Senior High Schools. The sampled population for the study consisted of 165 students and 50 teachers from five selected Senior High Schools. Th...
ABSTRACT This is an investigative study into the causes of pupils‟ poor performance in Integrated Science in some selected Junior High Schools in the Anomabo Circuit of Mfantsiman Municipality of Ghana. The study took a look at the factors that might exist to hinder the performances of the pupils. The study adopted the descriptive method of qualitative research and data were collected with a set of questionnaire and an interview schedule and data from questionnaire were analysed using freq...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Integrated Science teachers, how it influences their teaching of the subject and its impact on students’ achievement at the Junior High School level. The explanatory sequential mixed method design was used in this study. This is due to the fact that study was of quantitative priority where greater emphasis was placed on the quantitative method while the qualitative method played a secondary role. The resea...
ABSTRACT Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups of learners so that they work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning. This study investigated the use of cooperative learning to enhance the performance of upper primary pupils in science. A mixed method approach with a quasi-experimental design was used. The access population was upper primary pupils from Kortsrala and Takuve D/A primary schools in the Agortime-Ziope district of the Volta region of Gh...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the instructional assessment practices of junior high school integrated science teachers, the pattern, techniques and challenges in Bia West District of the Western region with a view to providing a baseline data on the state of the art of this important aspect of science teaching. A total of 54 science teachers and 250 pupils were drawn from nine circuits consisting of 68 public junior high schools in Bia West District constituted the participants in the st...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to show the impact concept mapping has as a teaching strategy in an attempt to reduce cognitive load of first year biology students of St. Dominic’s Senior High School. In the study, the students were taught how to construct concept maps on classification of plants. A convenience sampling technique was used to select a sample of sixty (60) in-tact class of form one biology students in the school. An observation was used by the Researcher to collect...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at enhancing the performance of S.H.S 2 Biology students of Adeiso Presbyterian Secondary School at Adeiso in the Eastern Region of Ghana in photosynthesis. During the study two classes were taken, with one class numbering up to 52 students comprising of 36 boys and 16 girls and the other class numbering 47 with 21 boys and 26 girls. The total sample size of the two classes was 99. In the selection of the sample for the research, random sampling was used by the resea...
ABSTRACT Reports about the huge number of children involving in fishing and its tremendous impacts should be of grave concern to all. Fishing labour market in Keta municipality is shaping children’s schooling behaviour where some pupils are combining schooling with fishing. This study investigated the effects of fishing activities on school attendance and academic performance of pupils in the area. Data was collected using questionnaires, pupils' attendance register and examination scores....
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the use of instructional resources on the academic performance of students and also how these materials can motivate learners to learn Physics. The study was a quasi- experimental research design that employed pre-test, post-test, unstructured interview and observational technique. The population of the study comprised all Senior High School science students in the Nkwanta South District of the Volta Region of G...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the role of cues in improving students‟ learning of physics. The study sought to observe students‟ reaction towards the use of cues in teaching by the teacher. The performance of the students was monitored during the use of the cues. An action – research method was adopted in this study to gather data. During the intervention, cues such as visual, positional, verbal and accessibility cues were adopted to teach the students. These cues were used to ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to use the cooperative learning approach to assist JHS 2 pupils at Asuotino Presbyterian JHS to understand selected topics in integrated science. This was an action research and it involved conducting test (pre and post), use of the cooperative approach, interviews and observation. A sample of 50 pupils and 2 teachers participated in the study. Two hypotheses were tested for the study. The hypotheses were in relation to the effect of using cooperative approac...