Assessing the Performance of Students Taught Biology Using Inquiry and Demonstration Compared With Conventional Method in Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

Suraiya Tukura Shaibu

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This study assessed the performance of students taught Biology using inquiry and demonstration compared with conventional methods in Senior Secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Specifically, it assessed, students taught Biology using the two methods and also which of the methods performed better. The study was carried out using quasi-experimental research design. The population of the study was the entire 23,422 SSII students drawn from the 56 senior secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory comprising of 12,350 boys and 11,072 girls studying Biology in the 2015/2016 academic session. Samples of 101 students from two (2) intact classes were purposively drawn for this the study. The instrument titled “Biology Inquiry and Demonstration Performance Test†(BIDPT) was used for data collection. The instrument consisted of fifty (50) multiple-choice objective questions with four (4) options or answers to pick from. The instrument was validated by three experts from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The reliability of the instrument was determined using test/re-test. The scores of the pilot study were computed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) and a reliability coefficient of 0.849 was obtained. The data collected in the study were analysed using mean and standard deviation while hypothesis was tested using independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that, students tend to learn concepts in Biology as well as skills and how to solve problems using demonstration method; and that Inquiry based learning require the student to do more than just report on a topic. Recommendations were made to include that teachers should use inquiry and demonstration method in teaching Biology more than the conventional method since it has proved to be more effective in enhancing students’ performance in Biology. And that Ministry of Education, relevant academic and professional bodies like Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) and Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) should enlighten teachers on the use of inquiry method of teaching Biology.


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