The junior high school integrated science: the actual teaching process in the perspective of an ethnographer

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey

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“…The finding that science teachers in remote areas lack adequate instructional materials for the effective delivery of lessons resonates with the assertion of (Adu-Gyamfi, 2014;John, 2019;Parker et al, 2018;Quansah et al, 2019;Somuah & Orodho, 2016) that the teachers do not have adequate instructional materials. It is not out of place to reason that the absence of these instructional materials will further widen the existing disparities (Cheung, 2021;Murphy, 2022;Sumida, & Kawata, 2021) between the quality of scientific literacy (OECD, 2019) inculcated into the students in the remote areas.…”

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“…Empirically, teachers in Ghanaian basic schools face a myriad of challenges in their quest to teach science (Adu-Gyamfi, 2014;Parker, Osei-Himah, Asare, & Ackah, 2018;Quansah, Sakyi-Hagan, & Essiam, 2019;Somuah & Orodho, 2016). For instance, the studies of Quansah et al (2019) involving some remote junior high schools (JHS) in the Effutu Municipality in the Central Region, Ghana revealed that inadequate instructional materials and poor proficiency of learners in the English affected teaching and learning Integrated Science.…”

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University attrition rate is increasing around the world and there is a consequence for the student who is dropping out, the university, and society as a whole including costs, psychological issues associated with the perceived feeling of failure, and issues around employability and job satisfaction (Sosu & Pheunpha, 2019). The university attrition rate is increasing in Mongolia too. About 80% of the students who study at the Teachers' School, Mongolian National University of Education (MNUE) are from the country of Mongolia and most of them come to the capital city to do their tertiary education. Due to the differences between rural and urban lifestyles, and expectations of tertiary education, the dropout rate is increasing especially at the beginning of the first semester. There is an urgent need to better understand the need to drop out of the university and find ways to support these students to adjust to university life and life outside the university. This study aims to explore the issues associated with adjusting to university studies and its relationship with attrition. It used the SPSS-20 program to collect data from 80 first-year students. The findings revealed that the students needed support in many aspects of their studies, including support with time management, stress management, and well-being. The study suggests policymakers and university managers to develop a plan to better support students to seamlessly transition into the university and life outside the university during the first half of the first semester.

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“…These students were majored in integrated science and minored in any of the following: biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics. The choice of this cohort of students was because integrated science is a course that has to do with all other science subjects (Adu-Gyamfi & Ampiah, 2016;Aina, 2015). One hundred and fifty students were targeted among all levels (100 to 300 Levels).…”

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Assessment of Scientific Literacy Skills of College of Education Students in Nigeria

Aina¹,

Opeyemi²,

Olu³

2020

American Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

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The study randomly sampled one hundred and thirty-three integrated science students of a College of Education to assess their scientific literacy skills. The study was a survey design method. Data for the study was obtained through both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The research instruments were the Scientific Literacy Skills Test (SLST) and a semi-structured interview protocol. Eight skills were investigated which were grouped into three clusters. The study provided answers to three research questions. Data obtained were analyzed using the statistical tools of the t-test, descriptive statistics and thematic coding. Findings showed that students did not possess the scientific literacy skills required for them to function effectively after graduation in society. Besides, male students possessed more scientific literacy skills than their female counterparts in all three clusters of skills examined. Also, finding revealed that students used scientific literacy skills to solve real-life problems such as taking decisions and solving security problems. The paper made some recommendations for further study to enhance students' scientific literacy skills.

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“…Furthermore, students experience difficulties with naming that involves branched and substituted chains of alkanes, alkynes, dienes, and geometric isomers (Adu-Gyamfi et al, 2017). Their poor performance was noted especially with IUPAC naming that involves writing structural formulas of alkenes, alkynes, alkanols, alkanoic acids, and alkyl alkanoates (Adu-Gyamfi et al, 2013).…”

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Examining some of the challenges students face in learning about rearrangement reactions in organic chemistry

Salame

Khalil

2023

INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED

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Organic chemistry course is considered one of the most difficult courses students have to take as part of their academic science and engineering requirements. The purpose of this research project is to examine students’ perceptions about the challenges they face in learning about rearrangement reactions and their approaches to improve their learning and performance in the concepts while learning organic chemistry. The research investigation took place at the City College of New York, a minority serving, commuter institute in an urban environment. The research participants were students who have completed at least one course of organic chemistry. The research instrument used in this investigation consisted of a questionnaire that was made up of Likert-scale and open-ended questions. The Likert-type questions were on a five-point scale that were converted into numerical, and the averages of the students’ responses were taken. For the open-ended, the data was coded and compiled based on categories and similarities, converted into percentages and used to create bar charts. Our research findings suggest that students face challenges in learning about rearrangement reactions and their mechanisms and that relying on memorization and rote learning to solve them hinders the development of conceptual understanding. The data seem to suggest that students do not understand the significance of energy as a driving force in the transformations and pathways from reactants to products. Lastly, the data reveal that students lack the ability to apply the correct knowledge to solve problems involving rearrangement reactions and mechanisms, which inhibits their meaningful learning and conceptual understanding development.

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The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2024 Official Conference Proceedings

The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2024 Official Conference Proceedings

Assessment of Scientific Literacy Skills of College of Education Students in Nigeria

Examining some of the challenges students face in learning about rearrangement reactions in organic chemistry

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