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Download full textMusa Mohammed Sulaiman; Ganiyu Bello; Isaac Olakanmi Abimbola – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2024
This research explored the impact of analogies and metaphors on the academic performance of senior school students in genetics within Ilorin, Nigeria. Three research questions and corresponding hypotheses were formulated and tested at a significance level of 0.05. A quasi-experimental design was used, involving 117 senior secondary school…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, High School Seniors
Akpotor, Julie; Egbule, Elizabeth – World Journal of Education, 2020
The paper examined gender difference in the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) among senior secondary school adolescents using the physical science of physics in three (3) separate papers. The paper attempted to ascertain whether gender difference accounts for the score differential observed in the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT). The study…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, College Entrance Examinations, High School Seniors, Physics
Sakiyo, John; Waziri, Kawu – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2015
The study investigated the use of concept mapping teaching method on secondary school students' academic achievement in biology. Two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The design of the study was quasi-experimental design with 122 Senior Secondary students selected purposively from two senior secondary schools in…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Biology, Secondary School Students, Hypothesis Testing
Sakiyo, John; Waziri, Kawu – Online Submission, 2015
The study investigated the use of concept mapping teaching method on secondary school students' academic achievement in biology. Two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The design of the study was quasi-experimental design with 122 Senior Secondary students selected purposively from two senior secondary schools in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Concept Mapping, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students
Lamidi, Bashirat T.; Oyelekan, Oloyede S.; Olorundare, Adekunle S. – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2015
Nigerian students have not been performing up to expectation in public chemistry examinations. One of the causes identified as being responsible for this is the teachers' use of inappropriate instructional strategies. This study was conducted to determine the effects of mastery learning instructional strategy on secondary school students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mastery Learning, Learning Strategies, High School Seniors
Nwankwo, Madeleine C.; Okoye, K. R. E. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The perceived influence of college club in increasing students' interest and achievement in Nigerian post-primary schools in Anambra State was studied using a survey research design. The population of the study comprised all senior secondary school science students in Anambra State totaling 9322 as at 2007. From this population, a sample of 140…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Clubs, Student Organizations
Omosewo, Esther Ore; Akanbi, Abdulrasaq Oladimeji – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2013
The study attempt to find out the types of error committed and influence of gender on the type of error committed by senior secondary school physics students in metropolis. Six (6) schools were purposively chosen for the study. One hundred and fifty five students' scripts were randomly sampled for the study. Joint Mock physics essay questions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, High School Seniors, Secondary School Science
Direct linkSola, Agboola Omowunmi; Ojo, Oloyede Ezekiel – Educational Research and Reviews, 2007
This study assessed and compared the relative effectiveness of three methods for teaching and conducting experiments in separation of mixtures in chemistry. A pre-test, post-test experimental design with a control group was used. Two hundred and thirty three randomly selected Senior Secondary School I (SSS I) chemistry students were drawn from…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Science Instruction, High School Seniors, Chemistry
