A TASK ANALYSIS OF THE SCIENCE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (S.T.A.N.) BIOLOGY TEXTBOOK
A TASK ANALYSIS OF THE SCIENCE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (S.T.A.N.) BIOLOGY TEXTBOOK
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1984-12
Authors
BOZIMO, HELEN IKUROMO
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Abstract
This 1B a task analytical study of the new Biology
programmable developed "by the Science Teachers' Association of
Nigeria (S.T.A.N.)
The study examined the laboratory activity/practical
work organization and analysed the structure and skill levels
of the tasks students are expected to both engaged in during
the practical work phases of the programme.
The instrument used for the analyses was the Laboratory
Structure and Task Analysis Inventory (LAI) developed by
Tamir & Lunetta (1973).
The results chow that the practical activities are more
highly structured (i.e. giving specific instructions to
students on how to carry out the experiments) than open-ended.
The programme encourages students to adopt an inductive
approach (i.e. generalize from data gathered) in solving
problems. The practical activities are all designed to
follow the text, a few integrated within the text, and none
to precede the text. In all the practical activities,
students are expected to work individually, independent of
others. The practical activities expect students to perform
a variety of observational, measurement, apparatus
manipulation and reporting procedures. These all qualify
as lower order skills. Students are rarely asked to carry
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out higher order activities like predicting experimental
results, designing observation, measurement, and experimental
procedures. There are no opportunities for students to apply
experimental techniques to new problems or variables.
Description
A STUDY SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION
IN
SCIENCE EDUCATION
Department of Education,
Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria - Nigeria.
DECEMBER, 1984
Keywords
A TASK,, ANALYSIS,, SCIENCE TEACHERS,, ASSOCIATION,, NIGERIA, BIOLOGY