COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WRITING ERRORS OF SCIENCE STUDENTS IN SPECIAL SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WRITING ERRORS OF SCIENCE STUDENTS IN SPECIAL SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE
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2015-12
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MOHAMMED, HABIBA
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the written errors made by SS II Science students
in English and chemistry subjects. This is to see if there was any significant difference in
the type and frequency of errors made by the students in the two subject areas. The
population covers SS II science students from special science secondary schools in Kaduna
state, with total population of 960.10% of this population was the sample size. Data were
collected using written test. The study used quantitative analysis to arrive at percentage to
determine the frequency of errors committed by the students in English and chemistry
subjects. It also employed chi-square to test all the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.
Hypothesis one which stated that there as no significant difference in the type of lexical
errors made by the students in English and Chemistry was retained. Hypothesis two was
also retained. Hypothesis three which was used to find the difference in the frequency of
errors made by the students in the two subject areas was also retained. From the findings it
was discovered that there was no significant difference in the type and frequency of errors
made by the students in English and chemistry subjects. Implications for students, teachers
and the schools were also provided.
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BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL OF
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF EDUCATION
TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (TESL)
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
Keywords
COMPARATIVE STUDY,, WRITING ERRORS,, SCIENCE STUDENTS,, SPECIAL SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOLS,, KADUNA STATE,