EFFECT OF SCIENCE PROCESS TEACHING APPROACH ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA
EFFECT OF SCIENCE PROCESS TEACHING APPROACH ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA
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2012-12
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IBRAHIM, Abubakar
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Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the effects of science process teaching approach
on primary school pupils’ academic achievement. The study sample consisted of two
classes of different primary schools, one experimental with 88 pupils and the other one
as control had 164 pupils. A random sampling technique using balloting method was
used in selecting the two schools out of 31 public primary schools in Katsina
metropolis, with a total population of 57,402 pupils in the metropolis. A pretest-posttest
quasi-experimental design was used. The instrument used was Basic Science and
Technology Achievement Test (BSTAT) which was validated and with reliability
coefficient of r = 0.75. The hypotheses stated were tested using t-test statistics at P≤0.05
level of significance. Major findings of the study revealed that there is significant
difference in the academic achievement among primary school pupils exposed to
science process teaching approach and those exposed to conventional teaching method
in favour of experimental group. There is also significant difference in the academic
achievement of male pupils exposed to science process teaching approach and female
pupils exposed to the same treatment in favour of the male pupils. In light of the
findings from this study, the following recommendations were offered. Government
concerned with the responsibilities of managing the affairs of primary schools should
design special training programs for basic science and technology teachers so as to keep
them abreast with the current development in methodology of teaching and new
innovations that are being invented by educational researchers among others.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE
SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA.
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD
OF MASTER DEGREE IN
SCIENCE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
SEPTEMBER, 2012
Keywords
EFFECTS,, SCIENCE,, PROCESS,, TEACHING,, APPROACH,, PRIMARY,, SCHOOL,, PUPILS’,, ACHIEVEMENT,, BASIC,, SCIENCE,, TECHNOLOGY,, KATSINA STATE,, NIGERIA.