IMPACT OF FIELD -TRIP ON MOTIVATION, RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN PLANT ADAPTATION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GUMEL, JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorWADA, Nazifi Salisu
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-16T08:16:42Z
dc.date.available2017-11-16T08:16:42Z
dc.date.issued2016-10
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER’S DEGREE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was carried out to investigate the impact of Field-trip on motivation, retention and performance on plant adaptation among secondary school students in Gumel, Jigawa State, Nigeria. Quasi-experimental research design, which utilized pretest, posttest and postpost test, was adopted. The population of the study consisted of 3449 SSII students from 15 public schools in Gumel, Jigawa State. Two out of 15 schools were randomly selected as a sample, where one school each were used as experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught using Field-trip teaching strategy while the control group was taught using lecture method. Two intact classes were selected to form a sample of 124 students. Instruments used for the study were Plant Adaptation Performance Test (PAPT) and Plant Adaptation Motivation Questionnaire (PAMQ) with the reliability value of r = 0.78. Research questions were answered descriptively using means and standards deviation and the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. t-test and Kruskall Wallis statistical tools were used in analyzing the data collected. Major findings of the study revealed that plant adaptation concept favoured Field-trip teaching strategy. The study further confirmed that Field-trip teaching strategy enhanced retention, motivated students and it is gender friendly. From the results of analysis discussed, recommendations were made one of which was that there is need for teaching and learning strategies involving student‘s participation such as Field-trip teaching strategy which enhanced performance, retention and motivation of studentsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9412
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectIMPACT,en_US
dc.subjectFIELD -TRIP,en_US
dc.subjectMOTIVATION,en_US
dc.subjectRETENTION,en_US
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE,en_US
dc.subjectPLANT ADAPTATION,en_US
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,en_US
dc.subjectGUMEL,en_US
dc.subjectJIGAWA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleIMPACT OF FIELD -TRIP ON MOTIVATION, RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN PLANT ADAPTATION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GUMEL, JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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