EFFECT INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY ON UPPER BASIC STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN KINETIC ENERGY IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA OF METACOGNITIVE

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.