DIFFICULTY LEVELS OF SENIOR SCHOOL PHYSICS CONCEPTS AS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2020-08
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FUDMA JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS (FUJEF)
Abstract
The study investigated difficulty levels of senior school physics concept as
perceived by students and teachers in Ilorin. The population comprised all physics
students and physics teachers in Ilorin. Three hundred, and eighty-five students
and 56 physics teachers formed the sample for the study. A researcher-designed
questionnaire on Physics Concept Difficulty Checklist for Students (PCDCS) and
Physics Concepts Difficulty Checklist for Teachers (PCDCT) were used and
validated by three experts. The data collected were analysed using mean and t-test
statistics at 0.05 significant level. Findings of the study revealed that 12 physics
concepts were perceived Very difficult, 6 Difficult, 10 Moderately difficult and 8
Not difficult to learn by students; while 8 physics concepts were perceived Very
difficult, 4 Difficult, 9 Moderately difficult and 15 not difficult to teach by
teachers, also, there were no significant difference in students and teachers’
perception of difficult concepts based on gender. It was recommended that effort
be made to raise the levels of students' perception of difficulty levels of physics
concept.
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Physics concept, difficulty levels, perception, senior secondary school students
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