Browsing by Author "Anwo, A. O."

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    Gender and school type as predictors of performance of senior school physics students in Ilorin, Kwara State
    (Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, 2016) Akanbi, A. O.; Omosewo, E. O.; Mohammed, R. E.; Anwo, A. O.
    The study investigated gender and school type as predictors of performance of senior secondary physics students in Ilorin, kwara State. Nigeria. The study was a descriptive survey. A total of six hundred and twenty-five physics students participated in the study. A validated proforma was used to collect records of students that sat for 2014 (WASSCE) in physics which were converted to scores and were analyzed using mean and t-Test statistical techniques. The finding showed that there was a significant difference in the academic performance of male and female senior school students in physics in favour of male students, there was a significant difference in the academic performance of senior school students in private schools and those in public schools in physics in favour of the private schools, There was a significant difference in the performance of male senior school students in private schools and those in public schools, while there was no significant difference in the academic performance in physics between female student in private and public senior schools Ilorin. It was recommended that physics teachers should be more gender-sensitive in their pedagogical approaches as well as in the implementation of the physics curriculum. Physics teachers in public should schools make genuine effort towards improving the academic performance of students in the subject so as to equal the private schools in terms of students' academic performance .
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    Gender and school type as predictors of performance of senior secondary school physics students in Ilorin, Kwara State
    (Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2016) Akanbi A. O.; Omosewo, E. O.; Muhammed, R. E.; Anwo, A. O.
    The study investigated gender and school type as predictors of performance of senior secondary Physics students in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The study was a descriptive survey. A total of six hundred and twenty five Physics students participated in the study. A validated Proforma was used to collect records of students that sat for 2014 (WASSCE) in Physics which were converted to scores and were analyzed using mean, and t-test statistical techniques. The finding showed that there was a significant difference in the academic performance of male and female senior school students in Physics in favor of male students. there was a significant difference in the academic performance of senior school students in private schools and those in public schools in Physics in favor of private schools, there was a significant difference in the academic performance of male senior school students in private and public schools in Physics in favor of private schools while there was no significant difference in the academic performance in physics between female students in private and public senior schools in Ilorin. It was recommended that Physics teachers should be more gender-sensitive in their pedagogical approaches as well as in the implementation of the Physics curriculum. Physics teachers in public schools should make genuine effort towards improving the academic performance of students in the subject so as to equal the private schools in terms of students' academic performance.
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    Influence of instructional resources on senior school students’ performance in physics in Ilorin, Nigeria
    (Published by the Department of Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin,Ilorin,Nigeria, 2017) Mohammed, Ridwan Enuwa; Anwo, A. O.; Omosewo, E. O.; Akanbi, A. O; Bankole, S
    For any nation to develop scientifically or technologically, the knowledge of physics is required. Despite this crucial role of physics in national development, the performance of students in the subject is poor requiring urgent revival. Since physics like other science subjects is believed to be meaningfully taught and learnt when appropriate instructional resources are available and used, this study therefore investigated the level of availability of physics instructional resources in senior schools in Ilorin and its influence on the students’ academic performance in physics. The study was a descriptive survey and a total of six hundred and twenty five students participated in the study. Proportional random sampling technique was used to select forty senior schools in the three local government areas that constitute Ilorin. A validated proforma and checklist were used to collect the record of students that sat for 2014 WASSCE in physics and check the available instructional resources in the selected schools respectively. Data obtained were converted to scores and were analyzed using mean, percentage and t-test statistical techniques. It was found out that physics instructional resources have a positive significant influence on the academic performance of senior school students in physics and that there was moderately high level of availability of instructional resources in private schools while there was low level of instructional resources in public schools in Ilorin. It was therefore recommended among others that government should provide adequate physics instructional resources in order to improve the academic performance of the students in physics.