A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF THE CESAC AND WAEC TRADITIONAL BIOLOGY PROGRAMMES ON THE SUBSEQUENT PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN S. B, S. BIOLOGY EXAMINATIONS
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF THE CESAC AND WAEC TRADITIONAL BIOLOGY PROGRAMMES ON THE SUBSEQUENT PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN S. B, S. BIOLOGY EXAMINATIONS
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1984
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KANU, JOSEPHINE EZIUKWU
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The Comparative Education Study and Adaptation Center
(CESAC) developed a science programme, the Nigerian Secondary
School Science Project (NSSSP) in Biology in 1970. Since June
1974, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has set
special papers on this biology project, popularly referred to
as the CESAC biology syllabus or biology O/L alternative.
By June 1981 a total of a hundred and twenty six Secondary
Schools had tried this project and a total of twenty one thousand,
six hundred and fourty-two (21,642) biology students had enrolled
in the West African School C e r t i f i c a t e (WASC) examination for
t h i s WAEC special papers on t h e CESAC biology syllabus. No
study liars been made on t h e subsequent performance of these
CESAC biology graduands compared with t r a d i t i o n a l biology
graduands (Non-CESAC) in any immediate post seconder; biology
programme.
Tills study compares t h e performance of CESAC biology
graduands with traditional (non-CESAC) biology graduinds in
School of Basic Studies (SBS) of Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria,
The hypotheses tested were as follows:
1. There will be no significant difference is the
performances of CESAC and non-CESAC studer ts in;
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(a) final examination of SBS biology, and
(b) the sub-tests (practical biology and cortinuous
assessment) of the SBS biology programme.
2. The performances of CESAC students from Federal
Government Colleges, will not be significantly
different from those of CESAC students of non-
Federal Government Colleges in;
(a) final examination of SBS biology progranme, and
(b) the sub-tests (practical biology and continuous
assessment) of SBS biology programme.
A population of one hundred and sixteen students was used
for the study. The instruments used were, the IJMB final
examination score, the final practical biology score end
continuous assessment score..
The data were analyzed using the S t a t i s t i c a l Package
for Social Sciences (SPSS) programme at the Ahmadu Bello
University Computer Center. The analyses showed that using
the Pearson Product moment Correlation Coefficient, all the
groups were homogeneous and the correlations were all significant
beyond the 0.05 level. The mean scores of each group
showed very minor differences in favor of the non-CESAC groups.
The ANOVA showed there were no significant difference in
performances at 0.05 confidence level, among the groups in all
the instruments used.
The hypotheses were a l l accepted on the basis of this
analysis. A brief recall was made of the inputs into the CESAC
and traditional biology programme. To account for the fact that
there was no significant difference in performances of the
groups, it was inferred that either the instruments used for
the study or the teachers of the CESAC biology project in
schools, were not achieving the CESAC biology objectives. It
was also inferred that some common defects in the CESAC biology
project could bring about the results.
On the basis of these findings recommendations were
made to Federal Ministry of Education, CESAC and a call for
further evaluation of the CESAC biology graduands performance
especially in attitude test.
Description
A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF MASTER IN EDUCATION
IN
M.Ed (SCIENCE EDUCATION)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
1984.
Keywords
COMPARISON,, EFFECTS,, CESAC,, WAEC,, TRADITIONAL,, BIOLOGY,, SUBSEQUENT,, STUDENTS,, EXAMINATIONS.