PERCEIVED DIFFICULTIES OF SOME BIOLOGY CONCEPTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN UKANAFUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF AKWA IBOM STATE
Abstract
This study was primarily carried out to find out the influence of Perceived difficulties of some Biology concepts among Senior Secondary School Students’ in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated accordingly to guide the study. Ex-post facto research design was adopted in this study. The study population consisted of 1,196 students from public schools in Ukanafun Local Government area of Akwa Ibom State from which 252 students were randomly drawn as the study sample. Perceived Difficult Biology Concepts Questionnaire (PDBC-Q) and Biology Achievement Test (BAT) were the instrument used for data collection in this study. All the tested hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypothesis and while Two Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypothesis two and three. Results of the findings showed significant influence of some perceived Biology concepts, on gender, and age of students’ academic achievement in some perceived Biology concepts. Based on the finding conclusion were drawn and recommendations made; among others, that Teachers should tailor instruction to address challenging Biology concepts, providing additional support and resources for difficult topics.
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