Efforts Of Lectures And Demonstration Methods On Teaching And Learning Secondary School Chemistry
Some scholars have found out from some states of the federation that the results of chemistry students in senior secondary School certificate examination have been always poor. “Among students who enroll in chemistry, the results in chemistry are very poor. We found out that the chemistry teachers who teach them are competent enough.
Achievement in science, like chemistry is affected by the teaching personality of the science teachers (Ali 1981). Another scholar Offiah (1987) observed that only the professionally trained chemistry teachers can perform effectively as chemistry teachers to the success of their students. This study, therefore, investigated the effect of lecture and demonstration methods on teaching and learning, secondary school chemistry in Enugu urban, Enugu State. To obtain appropriate results from the study, research questions were formulated.
Questionnaires and structured interview were administered to stratified, randomly selected secondary schools students in Enugu urban, Enugu State.
This study revealed that the performance of chemistry students in senior school certificate examinations in Enugu urban, Enugu State since the recent past have been on the average. This is because the chemistry teachers’ competence and personality traits and their effectiveness in chemistry teaching approaches to achieve success are also at averages approaches. Appropriate recommendations were made based on the findings.
Some scholars have found out from some states of the federation that the results of chemistry students in senior secondary School certificate examination have been always poor. “Among students who enroll in chemistry, the results in chemistry are very poor. We found out that the chemistry teachers who teach them are competent enough.
Achievement in science, like chemistry is affected by the teaching personality of the science teachers (Ali 1981). Another scholar Offiah (1987) observed that only the professionally trained chemistry teachers can perform effectively as chemistry teachers to the success of their students. This study, therefore, investigated the effect of lecture and demonstration methods on teaching and learning, secondary school chemistry in Enugu urban, Enugu State. To obtain appropriate results from the study, research questions were formulated.
Questionnaires and structured interview were administered to stratified, randomly selected secondary schools students in Enugu urban, Enugu State.
This study revealed that the performance of chemistry students in senior school certificate examinations in Enugu urban, Enugu State since the recent past have been on the average. This is because the chemistry teachers’ competence and personality traits and their effectiveness in chemistry teaching approaches to achieve success are also at averages approaches. Appropriate recommendations were made based on the findings.
2.0 INTRODUCTION:
This chapter provides the background and context of the research problems, reviews the existing literature on the Efforts Of Lectures And Demonstration Methods On Teaching And Learning Secondary School Chemistry, and acknowledges the contributions of scholars who have previously conducted similar research [REV1223] …
TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL PAGE
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
TABLE OF CONTENT
LIST OF TABLE
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 3
1.3 NEED/IMPORTANCE OF STUDY … 4
1.4 PURPOSE OF STUDY 6
1.5 SCOPE OF STUDY 7
1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 7
CHAPTER TWO:
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
21. THE PERSONALITY OF AN EFFECTIVE CHEMISTRY TEACHER AND CHEMISTRY TEACHING APPROACHES 10
2.2 The effects of the teachers personality traits and the science teaching approaches on students demonstration method in senior school certificate chemistry examinations 11
2.3 The learning performance of students in senior school certificate chemistry examinations in general 20
2.4 The solutions to students poor learning performance in senior school certificate chemistry examinations 23
Summary 26
CHAPTER THREE:
RESEARCH DESIGN AND PROCEDURE OR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research design 27
3.2 Area of study 7
3.3 Population of the study 28
3.4 Sampling and sampling technique 28
3.5 Instrument for data collection 29
3.6 Validation and reliability of the instrument 30
3.7 Method of data collection 30
3.8 Method of data analysis 30
CHAPTER FOUR:
PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS
4.1 First Research question 31
4.2 Second research question 32
4.3 Third research question 39
4.4 Fourth research question 44
CHAPTER FOUR:
PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS
FIRST RESEARCH QUESTION 31
SECOND RESEARCH QUESTION 32
THIRD RESEARCH QUESTION 39
FOURTH RESEARCH QUESTION 44
CHAPTER FIVE:
INTERPRETATION AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
4.1 INTERPRETATION OF THE FINDINGS 45
4.2 DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS 46
4.3 CONCLUSION 48
4.4 IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS 49
4.5 RECOMMENDATIONS 50
4.6 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 51
4.7 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 52
4.8 SUMMARY 53
REFERENCES 54
APPENDIX 55