EXTRAVERSION AND GENDER AS CORRELATES OF SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS ACQUISITION IN CHEMISTRY QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
EXTRAVERSION AND GENDER AS CORRELATES OF SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS ACQUISITION IN CHEMISTRY QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: The study investigated extraversion and gender as correlates of science process skills acquisition in Chemistry qualitative analysis among senior secondary school students in Enugu State, Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses. A correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 5,754 senior secondary school three (SSIII) Chemistry students in 292 public secondary schools in Enugu State. A sample size of 360 SSIII Chemistry students in 2021/2022 academic session drawn using multi-stage sampling procedure was used for the study. Students’ extraversion inventory (SEI) and Chemistry qualitative analysis skills rating scale (CQASRS) were the instruments used for data collection. The two instruments were face validated by five experts and construct validity was done on SEI using factor analysis. The reliability coefficient of SEI items was established using Cronbach Alpha method as 0.85. The reliability estimate of CQASRS was established using Kendall`s Co-efficient of concordance (w) as 0.92. The research questions and hypotheses (tested at 0.05 level of significance) were answered using Correlation coefficients (r) of Pearson, ANOVA of linear regression and Hayes Process Analysis. Findings of the study revealed that the relationship between students’ extraversion and their science process skills acquisition in chemistry qualitative analysis was moderate, positive and significant. The moderating influence of gender on the relationship between students’ extraversion and their acquisition of science process skills in Chemistry qualitative analysis was high, positive and not significant. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended amongst others that, students should be encouraged to undergo self-assessment of their extraversion personality in the way they view and interpret Chemistry qualitative analysis.

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