ABSTRACT The focus of this descriptive, qualitative study was to find the knowledge attitudes and perception of nursing trainees about hepatitis and malaria. The sample consisted of 200 health training students in four health training institutions, namely College of Health Yamfo, Nursing and Midwifery Training College Goaso, Health Assistant, Nursing and Midwifery Training College Sunyani and Nursing Training College- Drobo in the Brong Ahafo Region. The main objectives of the study were:...
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 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 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...
Abstract The present study was an attempt to explore the correlation between learning styles of SHS students and their academic performances in science in the Gomoa East district of Ghana. The target population of the study was all the students in the Gomoa district. The accessible population was students in the two public senior high schools in the Gomoa East district. The study was conducted using a sample size of 280 students. The instruments used for the study were adapted „VAK Learni...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to improve students’ attitudes and achievements in physics using astronomical models at Komenda College of Education, Central Region. A quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study using the single group pre-test post-test design. Intact class which consists of second year science 2 ‘’A’’ and science 2 ‘’B’’ science students studying elective Physics were used for the study. Forty (40) second year science students studying elect...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to design and develop assessment instruments (tasks) to assess laboratory planning, performing and reasoning skills of physics students in selected senior high school topics in mechanics and optics. The accessible population was 551 SHS 3 physics students in seven schools within Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. Two hundred and eighty nine students were sampled for the main study. Simple and stratified random sampling methods were employed in selecting the stu...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of computer simulations instructional packages on the performance of students‘ learning of the topic, digestion. The study used the entry point, post-test and exit point quasi experimental design method in a mixed sex Senior High School. The study used all fifty (50) students of SHS 2 Home Economics 1 and forty eight (48) students of SHS 2 Home Economics 2 at Odorgonno Senior High School in Accra, Ghana. A post-test consisting o...
ABSTRACT This study investigated students’ mental models of chemical reactions and balancing chemical equations at Diamono Senior High School in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. The study employed case study design using Action Research approach. An intact class of form 2 science class made up of 24 males and 6 female students’ were used for the study. The data for this study were derived from class exercises done by students to probe their mental models of chemical reactions a...
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 activiti...
ABSTRACT An action research was conducted by providing an alternative method, first principle approach, to enable students deduce limiting reagents in chemical reactions. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select 50 SHS 2 science students at Sunyani Senior High School in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana for the study. This sampling technique was used because the participants needed to be students who had just completed a course in stoichiometry and chemical equations in chemis...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the differential views of SHS teacher factors that affect students‟ performance in biology in two districts of Eastern Region, Ghana. The research was guided by five research objectives. The study sought to establish the effect of certain factors such as teachers‟ motivation, qualifications, instructional approaches, professional experience and job satisfaction on students‟ performance in biology in two selected Districts of Eastern Region. The st...