IMPACT OF PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES ON ATTITUDE, SKILLS ACQUISITION AND PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY AMONG COLLEGES OF EDUCATION STUDENTS IN NORTH-WEST ZONE, NIGERIA
IMPACT OF PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES ON ATTITUDE, SKILLS ACQUISITION AND PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY AMONG COLLEGES OF EDUCATION STUDENTS IN NORTH-WEST ZONE, NIGERIA
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2015-11
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MUHAMMAD-LAWAL, Hadiza
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This study investigated the Impact of Practical Activities on Attitude, Skills Acquisition and Performance in Chemistry among Colleges of Education Students, North –West Zone, Nigeria. Randomized experimental-control groups design involving pretest and posttest was used for the study. The population of the study comprised 1,982 NCE II Chemistry students in 12 Colleges of Education in the North- West zone. Two Colleges of Education, Isah Kaita College of Education Dutsenma and Federal College of Education Zaria were randomly selected using balloting and grouped into Experimental and Control Groups using simple random sampling technique from the population.22 students were selected from Isah Kaita College of Education Dutsenma and 38 from Federal College of Education Zaria. Three research instruments, Students Attitude toward Chemistry Practical Questionnaire (SACPQ) with reliability coefficient of 0.67, Skills Acquisition Observation Check List (SAOCL) with reliability coefficient of 0.91 and Chemistry Performance Test (CPT) with reliability coefficient of 0.87 were validated by experts and used to collect data for the study. Students in the experimental group were taught using practical activities while those in the control group were taught using lecture method. Three research questions were raised and answered using Mean Rank, Mean Rank Difference, Mean and Standard Deviation and three research hypotheses were formulated and tested using Krukal-Walis, Tukey HSD test and t- test at p≤0.05 level of significance using SPSS statistical package. The major findings from this study include the following: there was positive attitudinal change towards chemistry among students exposed to practical activities than that of their counterparts who were taught using lecture method, skills acquired and performance of students exposed to practical activities were significantly higher than those of their counterparts who were taught using lecture method. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that exposing N.C.E chemistry students to practical activities when teaching chemistry concepts will bring about positive attitude towards chemistry, enable them acquire skills and enhance their performance in chemistry. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made which includes chemistry teachers in Colleges of Education should teach chemistry concepts using practical activities among others.
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DESSRTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA - NIGERIA
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IMPACT,, PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES,, ATTITUDE,, SKILLS ACQUISITION,, PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY,, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION STUDENTS,, NORTH-WEST ZONE,, NIGERIA