EFFECT OF DEMO KIT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BIOLOGY AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ IN OMU-ARAN, NIGERIA
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2017-12
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ILORIN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION
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This study investigated the effect of demo kit on the teaching and learning of biology among senior secondary school students’ in Omu-Aran, Nigeria. The study is aimed at finding out how the use of demo kit influences students’ achievement in biology based on their gender. Quasi-experimental design of the pre-test, post-test, non-equivalent and non-randomized control group was adopted for the study. One hundred and seventy-three senior secondary school three (SSS III) biology students from four purposively selected senior schools participated in the study. Biology Achievement Test (BAT) consisting of 49 questions was used for data collection and determining students’ overall achievement. The BAT was subjected to item analysis and was also validated by three science education experts from the university of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. The reliability of the BAT was carried out using test re-test method, with an interval of three weeks and Cronbach alpha statistics was used to analyze the data in which a reliability index of 0.76 was obtained. At the commencement of the study, (after researchers had sought the consent of the biology teachers, parents and students of the participating schools) study technology principle was explained and used to guide the students in the experimental group through the use of demo kit with the BAT being used for the pre and posttest. Descriptive statistics of standard deviation and mean scores were used to answer the two research questions raised while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the two null hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from the study revealed that, there was no significant difference in the achievement of male and female students because F(1, 94)= 2.134, p = .147 (p>0.05); also, there was no interaction effect between treatment and gender on the achievement of students in biology because F(1, 168) = .213, p = .645 (p>0.05). Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that male and female students should be given equal consideration when using demo kits in teaching and learning of biology.
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Effect, Demo kits, biology, Secondary school
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Adeoye, G. A., Abimbola, I. O., Ahmed, M. A., & M. M. Sulaiman (2017). Effect of demo kit on teaching and learning of biology among secondary school students' in omu-Aran, Nigeria. Ilorin Journal of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education, 3(1), 29-42