School Location and Gender as Predictors  of Students' Performance in WASSCE  Multiple Choice Test in Biology

Olutola, Adekunle Thomas

doi:10.7828/ljher.v12i1.960

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“…Arslan further noticed that female students tend to use critical thinking skills in dealing with problems and situations related to the environment. Olutola (2017) found that female students could outperform male students. However, Raheem (2012) revealed a difference in academic performance between boys and girls, where male students beat female students in science.…”

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An Investigation of Rural-Urban Students’ Critical Thinking in Biology Across Gender

Tamam

Corebima

Zubaidah

et al. 2021

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This study aimed to investigate the difference in rural-urban students' critical thinking in biology class across gender. It involved 289 students from public and private senior high schools. Essay tests were administered to measure the students' critical thinking skills. The study results showed that female students outperformed male students in critical thinking. Meanwhile, the rural students demonstrated better critical thinking skills than urban students.

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An Investigation of Rural-Urban Students’ Critical Thinking in Biology Across Gender

Tamam

Corebima

Zubaidah

et al. 2021

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“…The findings show that school location could have a significant effect on students' performance and highlights the disparity between students' performance in the urban and rural context (Gobel, Thang, Sidhu, Oon, & Chan, 2013;Olutola, 2016). Interestingly, students from the rural area displayed a more positive understanding than those in the urban area.…”

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Illuminating Students’ Understanding and Acceptance Towards the Dual Language Programme (Dlp)

Suliman

Nor

Yunus

2020

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The Dual Language Programme (DLP) is an initiative introduced by the Ministry of Education to advocate the teaching and learning of science and mathematics in the English language. Resembling the previous educational policy named PPSMI, this programme commenced in 2016, offering the flexibility for English to be used as the instructional medium for the two subjects. After four years of its inception, it is crucial to discover the programme's acceptance among those involved directly with the programme. Thus, this study expounds students’ understanding and acceptance of the programme by investigating the influence of age, gender, locality and the type of school on their understanding and acceptance of DLP. This study involved 2162 students, and it was found that their understanding and acceptance level of the programme are at a moderately high level. The findings also revealed a significant difference between the acceptance of the programme. As an alternative to solidify the English mastery, the implementation of DLP needs to be improved for it to be well-accepted by interest groups.

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“…This influence of school location on students' learning may be initiated by the urban or rural characteristics of such a school. For instance, schools sited in urban areas are characterized by having electricity, adequate teachers, portable water, more learning facilities and infrastructures (Olutola, 2017). Conversely, school facilities and infrastructures may not be adequate in schools located in the rural areas and these appear to influence performance as well as perception of students.…”

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“…Onah (2011) noted that students in urban areas achieved more than students in the rural areas in science subjects. Besides, Olutola (2017) found out that students from urban schools performed better than students from rural schools in West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) multiple-choice Biology test. This study, therefore, explores students' perception of mystical and pathogenic agents of disease causation.…”

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Students’ Perception of Mystical and Pathogenic Agents of Disease Causation in Enugu State Nigeria

Anizoba¹,

Okereke²,

Nganwuchu³

2020

Ujah J. Art Hum

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The study investigated students’ perception of mystical and pathogenic agents of disease causation. Guided by four research questions and two null hypotheses, the study employed a descriptive survey research design. It was carried out in Obollo-Afor Education Zone of Enugu State of Nigeria. A sample of 370 SS2 Biology students was drawn from the population (4,828) using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire in Likert format whose reliability coefficient was 0.84, determined using Cronbach Alpha. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed that students were aware that pathogenic agents such as virus, bacteria, pathogenic fungi, protozoa and some worms cause diseases to man. They had the awareness that some diseases are associated with mystical agents such as oath-breaking, and witches among others. Also, students’ school location had no significant influence on their mean perception scores of the mystical and pathogenic agents of disease causation. These enable students to have a broader knowledge of disease causations and being able to avoid such causes in order to build a healthy sustainable future. Recommendations and conclusion were made. Keywords: Students, Biology, Diseases, Mystical Agents, and Pathogenic Agents

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School Location and Gender as Predictors of Students' Performance in WASSCE Multiple Choice Test in Biology

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

An Investigation of Rural-Urban Students’ Critical Thinking in Biology Across Gender

An Investigation of Rural-Urban Students’ Critical Thinking in Biology Across Gender

Illuminating Students’ Understanding and Acceptance Towards the Dual Language Programme (Dlp)

Students’ Perception of Mystical and Pathogenic Agents of Disease Causation in Enugu State Nigeria

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