Browsing by Author "Gyuse, Elizabeth Y."

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    SCIENCE TEACHERS’ PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF THE TEACHING PRACTICE EXERCISE IN NASARAWA STATE
    (Department of Chemistry Education, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-11-11) Jibrin, Abdullahi Tanko; Gyuse, Elizabeth Y.; Philip, Aku Eggon
    TJjc study investigated the usefulness of the teaching practice exercise to science teachers in Nasarawa State. The sample consisted of 515 (291 pre-service and 224 in-service) secondary school science teachers who responded to the instrument: an unstructured questionnaire tagged Teachers’ Perceived Usefulness of the Teaching Practice Questionnaire (TPUTPO), used for data collection. Three research questions guided the study. The data collected were analysed using graphical presentations. The study revealed that Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Basic Science teachers found the following beneficial: classroom management, development of self-confidence, use of instructional materials, how to prepare and deliver lessons using different methods of teaching. The study also revealed that once teachers are employed, they may be assigned to teach any subject other than the one they specialised in. Physics teachers reported the least benefits fivm the teaching practice exercise while biology teachers seem to be the most versatile of all the science teachers. It was recommended that teacher trainers should take note and remedy missing areas of emphasis needed in training effective 21st century teachers such as use of technology, project and inquiry methods of teaching, assessment procedures, and so on. Positive ways should also be devised to address the disturbing issue of specialized training versus general training of science teachers. School proprietors should use their -------------- - ornately.
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    Using Structured Text Approach (STA) to Influence Change in secondary School Two Students' Attitude towards Learning Chemical Equilibrium in Keffi, Nasarawa State
    (Department of Chemistry Education, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-12-12) Jibrin, Abdullahi Tanko; Gyuse, Elizabeth Y.
    The study investigated the attitude of senior secondary two (SSI1) students in Keffi zone in Nasarawa State towards the use of Structured Text Approach (STA) in learning chemical equilibrium. Ex post facto research design was employed. The population of the study comprised all the 1,005 SSn students offering chemistry in public and private senior secondary schools in Keffi zone. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 50 students from three public and three private senior secondary schools out of the 15 in the study area. This gave a total sample size of 300 students. Two instruments: Structured Text in Chemical Equilibrium (STCE) and Structured Text Approach Attitude Questionnaire (STAAQ) were used to collect data. Simple percentage and chi-square statistical techniques were used to answer the research question and test the hypothesis respectively. The major finding was that the attitude of the sampled chemistry students towards learning of chemical equilibrium using STA was positively influenced. Based on this finding, it was recommended that this approach should be learnt and used by chemistry teachers to teach this difficult concept of chemical equilibrium to help students overcome their fear and negative attitude towards mastering the concept.