BASIC EDUCATION CHILDREN VIEWS OF SELECTED SCIENCE CONCEPTS AND EDUCATIONS THE CASE OF CALABAR METROPOLIS IN CROSS RIVER STATE.
Abstract
The study centers on Basic education Children’s views of selected science concept and educational implication a care study of Calabar metropolis four research questions and hypothesis were formulated to guide the study and the study adopted the ex-post facto research design. The population of the study consists of (200) Two hundred pupils from ten (10) primary school in Calabar metropolis municipality and according to records from the local government education authority, Calabar metropolis as at March, 2021 there are 23 primary schools and a total of 604 primary six pupils constituting 312 males and 292. The simple random sampling technique was adopted for the study and a sample of 200 representing (67%) of the population was used. The main instruments used for the study was the questionnaire title “Basic education children’s Views of selected science concepts and educational implication questionnaire” (BECVSSCEIQ). In order to obtain the reliability of the instrument, the instrument was trial-tested on thirty (30) primary school pupils in Calabar. The questionnaire was administered twice to the pupils with two weeks intervals between the first and the second phases of administration. The set of respondent’s scores in the first phase of administration was correlated with the second set of scores of the same respondents in the second phase of administration using the Cronbach alpha reliability analysis was used in the study and the coefficient range from 70-85. The analysis of this study was done with descriptive and inferential statistical analysis with Pearson’s Product Moment Correlational Analysis and the finding revealed that: there is a significant relationship between Basic education children’s Views of selected science concepts and educational implication in Calabar metropolis. It was recommended among others that the Basic education children’s Views of selected science concepts and educational implication should be adequately enriched by Parents and the Government.
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