EFFECT OF STUDENTS' INTERACTION PATTERNS ON ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST IN CHEMISTRY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AWGU EDUCATION ZONE

Okeke, Ogbonnaya James (2018) EFFECT OF STUDENTS' INTERACTION PATTERNS ON ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST IN CHEMISTRY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AWGU EDUCATION ZONE. Science Education Journal of Academic Research, 1 (1). pp. 21-26. ISSN Maiden Edition

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Abstract

This study determined the effect of students' interaction patterns on their achievement and interest in Senior Secondary School Chemistry. The general purpose of the study was to determine if subject interactions like co-operative, competitive and Individualistic patterns enhance achievement and interest in secondary school chemistry. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study at O.OSlevel of significance. The literature related to the study was reviewed under conceptual framework, theoretical framework and empirical studies. The design adopted for the study was three thousand and six hundred (3600) SS2 students. The sample was two hundred and forty (240) students drawn through stratified random sampling technique. They were drawn from two female and two male schools. The instruments for data collection were Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT) and Chemistry Interest Inventory (CIl). They were face and content validated by three experts in Science Education from Department of Science and Computer Education Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) and the others from Faculty of Education Godfery Okoye University (GOU) and from the department of Measurement and Evaluation of Enugu State College of Education (Technical), Enugu. Three intact classes were assigned to co-operative, competitive and individualistic groups that were user! for the study. Mean and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions while T-test analysis was used to test for the three null hypotheses at O.OSlevel of significance. The study revealed that the three interaction patterns, Co-operative, competitive and individualistic adopted for the study enhanced achievement and interest of students in chemistry. It also showed that the mean scores of the girls were consistently lower than that of the boys in the three groups. The three null hypotheses were significant indicating that Tcalculated in each is greater than P-values. Recommendations were made based on the findings of the study.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education > Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences
Depositing User:	miss ifeoma agbo
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2019 10:50
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2019 10:50
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1642

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