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Impact of Learning Resources Improvisation on Biology Instruction in Senior Secondary Schools in Ondo South Senatorial District in Nigeria
Impact of Learning Resources Improvisation on Biology Instruction in Senior Secondary Schools in Ondo South Senatorial District in Nigeria

Author(s): Abanikannda Mutahir Oluwafemi
Subject(s): School education, Demography and human biology, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Improvisation; Learning Resources; Learning Facilities; Audio Tape; Biology Instruction;

Summary/Abstract: This study examined the impact of improvisation of learning resources on biology instruction in senior secondary schools from Ondo South Senatorial District. The study sample was 350; and consisted of students randomly selected from 10 senior secondary schools in Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State in Nigeria. A self-developed inventory was designed and validated through pilot testing and administered to the sample for the data collection. The researcher personally visited the schools in Ondo South Senatorial District, thus 100% data were collected. The collected data were tabulated and analysed by using percentages, mean, standard deviation and t-test analysis. The major conclusions of this study were that the types of learning facilities that are available for teaching science are weighing balance, audio tape, textbooks, graphs, charts and maps; there is positive impact of improvisation of learning resources on the biology instruction in the senior secondary schools and there is no significant difference between male and female students in the impact of improvisation of learning resources on biology instruction. Based on the finding of this study, major recommendations were made.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 169-184
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English