Effect of Advance Organizer on Senior Secondary Students’ Interest in Biology in Makurdi Metropolis

Apochi Maria A., Umoru Ena Susan, Onah Daniel Oche

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The study investigated the effect of advance organizers on students’ interest in Biology Two research questions were raised as guide for the study while two research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Purposive and simple random sampling technique was employed in drawing a sample size of 287. Quasi experimental design of non-randomized pre-test and post-test control group type was employed. The experimental group was taught photosynthesis using advance organizers for a period of seven weeks while the control group was taught the same topic using convectional lecture method within the same period. A Biology interest inventory (B11) was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics of Mean and Standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated that students in the experimental group developed positive interest towards Biology than those taught using conventional teaching method. Further result indicates that there was no significant difference in students’ interest based on gender. The study concluded that application of advance organizer strategy by teachers improved students’ interests in Biology. Hence, the study recommended that teachers and teacher educators should be encouraged to use advance organizers in teaching Biology so as to improve students’ interest in Biology.


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