Browsing by Author "Dabilang, Justina T."

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    EFFECT INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY ON UPPER BASIC STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN KINETIC ENERGY IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA OF METACOGNITIVE
    (Department of Science Euducation, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2022-05-05) Aku, Philip Eggon; Ezekiel, Adamu; Dabilang, Justina T.
    he development of any nation depends on science and technology. The contemporary world is driven by science and technology which are interrelated, science has become such an indispensable tool that no nation, developed or developing, wishing to progress in the socio-economic sphere will afford to relegate the learning of science in schools to the background. Science probes into the question “why” while technology probes into the “How”? (Akingbade&Omotade, 2013). Science is the theory upon which technology is built, without science; there cannot be intuition for technology (Ojo, 2010). Though there has been a steady increase in the number of students offering science subjects over the years, their performances have continued to be highly unsteady (Akhideno, 2013). Basic Science is among the major pillars of science. Basic Science deals with the study of laws that determine the Students were as the population of the study.
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    EFFECTS OF MACHINE-ASSISTED AND VIRTUAL SCIENCE LABORATORY LEARNING STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS’ ACHIVEMENT IN BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NASARAWA, NIGERIA
    (Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Nasarawa State University Keffi., 2022-05-05) Aku, Philip Eggon; Ezekiel, Adamu; Dabilang, Justina T.
    The technological advancement of a nation depends on the level of scientific and technological knowledge of the citizenry where education remains a veritable tool for this attainment. To actualize this technological advancement, educators do not rest on the oars of their previous researches and conventional teaching styles but they should keep searching for novel and ideal ways on how to transform education through an engaged, appealing, intuitive pedagogy or domain (Ada, Eriba, &Toryem, 2020; Achor, &lryobee, 2020). The need for this transformation could be the reason why the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN, 2013), in release of her educational objectives for secondary schools, emphasized on the need to equip students with relevant skills. In the opinion of Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) (2012), BST is the product of restructuring and integration of Primary and Junior Secondary School ‘ science curricula namely Basic Science, Basic Technology, Physical and Health Education, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) which a child encounters at the Upper Basic level under the current 9-3-4 system of education. The goals of BST are to develop students' interest i