Education/Chemistry Research Papers/Topics

Relative effectiveness of peer tutoring and think-pair-share strategies in improving senior secondary School students' academic performance in chemistry in Osogbo

ABSTRACT The study examined the effects of peer tutoring and think-pair-share instructional strategies in improving  students’ academic performance in Chemistry. It also compared the effects of peer tutoring and think-pair-share  strategies in improving students’ attitude towards Chemistry. These were with a view to highlighting which of  the teaching strategies that can improve students’ academic performance in Chemistry. The study adopted a  non-equivalent pre-test, post-test con...

SUPERSTITION AND SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNNG IN NIGERIA

Introduction Study has shown that there is a significant relationship between cultural practices and the students' achievement in Science and Technology (Agogo, 2010). The researcher continues that a learner who is not positively disposed to or has a socio-cultural background that is indifferent to the learning of science would find it uneasy to accept new scientific concepts. Deducing from the above researcher's finding, it may be pertinent to opine that there is a severe conflict between sc...