EFFECTS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS` INTEREST AND PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am sincerely thankful to God Almighty, for His provisions that led to the success of this Project. I express my heartfelt gratitude to God for His goodness and mercies. I wish to express my profound gratitude to my supervisor, Asst. Prof. Dr. Yunusa Abubakar who despite his busy schedule found time to go through this work and offered necessary guidance that led to the successful completion of this project. May God bless him in abundance. Special thanks to the Head of Department, Dr. Hamma Muhammad and all lecturers of the Department of Science Education, for their knowledge, contribution, encouragement and corrections at the various stages of this work. I am indebted to my parents for their inspiration to pursue this study, and for their love, care and prayers during the course of my study. To my family member, Mr.& Mrs. Shiimlah Philibus, Mr. Njisam Philibus, Mrs. Rita Nanchang, Mrs. Gloria Emmanuel, Joshua, Prince and Modest. Also, to my brother who type all the work, Moses Gidado and all those I couldn't mention I say a big thank you to you all for being the pillar behind my academic pursuit. I remain grateful to students, teachers and principals of all the schools used in this study and to all authors whose works were cited.