CONCEPTIONS ABOUT LIGHT AMONGST JSS I STUDENTS IN NNENI EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorARINZE, GRACE IFEYINWA
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-04T09:55:55Z
dc.date.available2014-02-04T09:55:55Z
dc.date.issued1998-03
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the Post-Graduate School,Ahmadu Bello University, zaria, Nigeria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Educationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe broad aim of the study was to identify JSS I students' conceptions about light in Nnewi Educational Zone. Three hundred and eighty (380) randomly selected JSS 1 students selected from the school zone, out of an estimated 1800 students population were used for the analysis of data. The data for the main study was collected by means of multiple choice test, "SCLAT". The "SCLAT" has a reliability of 0.68 and was made up of forty (40) items drafted from eight categories of light and its related phenomena. These categories are light as a physical entity, sources of light, causes/effect of day and night,reflection, refraction of light by water droplets (rainbow), shadow, characteristics of images formed by a plane mirror,and propagation of light. Subjects ideas were assessed as to their consistency with scientifically acceptable ideas. Respondents were thus grouped by their selected explanations, namely the occurrence of scientifically accepted ideas and unaccepted (misconceived) ideas. The findings revealed that more students had misconceptions about characteristics of images formed by a plane mirror, light as an entity, reflection of light, shadow, and refraction of light. However, more students held scientifically accepted ideas about propagation of light, light as a source, and effect/causes of day and night. Due to the many misconceptions of light and its related phenomena held by the students, science instructors should take great pain to find out where their students are in their understanding of light phenomena so as to maximise learningen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/141
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCONCEPTIONSen_US
dc.subjectABOUT LIGHTen_US
dc.subjectJSS Ien_US
dc.subjectSTUDENTS IN NNENIen_US
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ZONEen_US
dc.subjectANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA BYen_US
dc.titleCONCEPTIONS ABOUT LIGHT AMONGST JSS I STUDENTS IN NNENI EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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