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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the research was to investigate into Basic Education Certificate Examination Results in Integrated Science of Public Junior High Schools in the Effutu Municipality. The main instrument used for the data collection was interviews. The population for the study was made up of Junior High Schools in the Effutu Municipality. The sample size was twenty-eight (28). The research design that was employed by the researcher was the ex-post facto design. The study revealed th...
ABSTRACT Empirical investigations on students’ conception of cell division in Biology indicated a major misunderstanding of some scientific concepts even after being thoroughly taught. Therefore the main aim of this study was to investigate the impact of computer-based instructional simulations in the teaching and learning of cell division. The target population was the form two Biology students of the Seventh Day Adventist Senior High School, Asokore, Koforidua. Two Home Economics c...
ABSTRACT Photosynthesis is a biological process which is critical for producing food for all living organisms. The study explores the results of learners’ performance with regard to photosynthesis and suggests ways and procedures to help the learners to perform at their maximum level. The targeted group consisted of 30 students in Abetifi Presbyterian Senior High School on the Kwahu Ridge in the Eastern region. The release of 2013 WASCE examination results, for example, was followe...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the effect of Cooperative Learning (CL) approach on achievement in some selected topics in physics. It also aimed at finding out their perception about cooperative Learning. Two control groups (class sizes 25 and 35) totaling 55 and two treatment groups (class sizes 25 and 35) totaling 55 were used. The study design was quasi-experimental with, pretest-intervention and post-intervention tests on the two groups (treatment and control). Four instrument...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating how pupils of Ampabame No 1 Roman Catholic Junior High School in the Asokwa sub-metro performance can be enhanced through activity based approach. Fifty (50) Junior High School form three pupils were purposively sampled for the study. The nature of the study was an action research. The pre-test and the post-test research design was used, the same participants were pre-tested and post tested to find the effects of the intervention(i e practical activ...
ABSTRACT The objectives for this study were to determine the effect of computer assisted instruction based on constructivist theory approach over traditionally designed instruction on second year students of Afife Senior High Technical School in some selected topics in mechanics. Random sampling was used to select sample size of fifty (50) students. The total sample size was made up of twenty-seven (27) boys and twenty-three (23) girls. Test (pre-test and post-test), observation and intervie...