EFFECTS OF ADVANCE ORGANIZERS ON PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION OF ECOLOGY CONCEPTS AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GIWA EDUCATIONAL ZONE.
EFFECTS OF ADVANCE ORGANIZERS ON PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION OF ECOLOGY CONCEPTS AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GIWA EDUCATIONAL ZONE.
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2012-09
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AGBENYEKU, PETER,
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of advance organisers on the
performance and retention of ecology concepts among senior secondary school students
in Giwa educational zone. The study was conducted using a population of 145 students
from G.S.S Kwangila (n=70) and G.S.S Basawa (n=75), using intact classes. The
subjects through random sampling by balloting were assigned to experimental and
control groups. A Quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group of pretest, post-test
and delayed post-posttest design was used. The subjects were taught for six weeks using
advance organisers and lecture methods for the experimental group and lecture method
only for the control group. For the pretest, post test and delayed post posttest, the
instrument used was the Ecology Concept Achievement Test (ECAT). Four null
hypotheses were tested, t-test statistics was used to determine the level of significance of
the two groups at P< 0.05. The major findings from the study indicates that: there is a
significant difference in the mean academic performance scores of the experimental and
control groups. There is a significant difference in the retention level of the students
taught using advance organisers compared to those taught using lecture method only.
Hypothesis 3 and 4 regarding gender issues; the use of advance organizers also favoured
female students over the male students and female students slightly retained more than
male students. Based on the findings of the research it was recommended that there
should be training and retraining of biology teachers on the use and design of advance
organizers, secondly advance organizer should be used by biology teachers in teaching
in schools, also the use of advance organizers should be encouraged in co-educational
schools since it is gender friendly.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU
BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN SCIENCE
EDUCATION.
Keywords
EFFECTS OF ADVANCE ORGANIZERS,, PERFORMANCE,, RETENTION OF ECOLOGY CONCEPTS,, AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,, GIWA EDUCATIONAL ZONE.