STUDENTS ACQUIRED SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY IN IKOM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

This study was primarily carried out to find out the influence of acquired science process skills on biology students’ academic achievement in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State. Four research questions and four corresponding hypotheses were formulated accordingly to guide the study. Ex-post facto research design was adopted in this study. The study population consisted of 1,300 SS 2 Biology students in public schools in Ikom Local Government area of Cross River State from which 134 students were randomly drawn as the study sample. Science Process Skills Test (SPSAT) and Biology Achievement Test (BAT) were the instrument used for data collection in this study. All the stated hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses. Results of the findings showed significant influence of acquire Observation, Communication, Measurement and Classification Skills on students achievement in Biology. It was concluded and recommended that science educators should encourage proper use of science process skills in order to facilitate learning of science concepts as well as promote good scientific spirit among learners