ABSTRACT
This
study will analyze Textbook availability and students self esteem as correlates
of students academic achievement in senior secondary School chemistry in ogbia
local government area Bayelsa state.
Despite the greater number of Chemistry graduates produced by our tertiary
institutions; every year there are numbers of secondary schools where Chemistry
teachers are not competent in the teaching of the subject. This makes the
teaching of Chemistry ineffective and inefficient even where there are
competent teachers to teach. It is on this premise, that this study is designed
to investigate the attitudes of students in Bayelsa state South Local Government Area of Ondo
State toward studying of Chemistry as a subject. Another objective of this
paper is to make various recommendations for teachers and other stakeholders on
how to arouse or improve students’ attitudes in the subject.
Concerning
methodology, both secondary and primary sources of data was used for the study.
A survey research design was used with a sample size of 100. Data was collected
and analyzed using simple percentages. Key findings from the study showed that
negative attitudes of the students are the functions of lack of interest
erroneous believed that chemistry is volatile and poor motivation by teachers.
Some science teachers especially chemistry, physics and mathematics is an
offspring of negative attitude in the subject itself. Negative attitude towards
the subject is influenced by the parents’ attitudes.
Recommendations
for the study include; certain measures must be taken to improve the quality
of chemistry teachers, this include better recruitment, better substantive
education of chemistry teachers in training institutions, retraining programme
for young teachers with shallow experience, in-services and long vacation
courses, improvement in teachers’ salaries with special allowances for chemistry
teachers and upgrading of the teaching profession. This could be ways by which chemistry
teaching can be made more interesting to the teachers.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Title Page - - - - - - - - - i
Approval Page - - - - - - - - ii
Declaration - - - - - - - - iii
Dedication - - - - - - - - - iv
Acknowledgement - - - - - - - v
Abstract - - - - - - - - - vi
Table of Contents - - - - - - - vii
CHAPTER
ONE – INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY - - - - - -
1.2
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY - - - - - - -
1.3STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEMS - - - - -
1.4RESEARCH
QUESTIONS - - - - - - -
1.5SCOPE
OF THE STUDY - - - - - - -
1.6SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY - - - - - -
1.8DEFINITION
OF TERMS - - - - - - -
CHAPTER
THREE – RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1INTRODUCTION - - - - - - - - -
3.2INTRODUCTION - - - - - - - - -
3.3RESEARCH
DESIGN - - - - - - - -
3.4STUDY
POPULATION - - - - - - - -
3.6RESEARCH
INSTRUMENT - - - - - - -
3.7ADMINISTRATION
OF INSTRUMENT - - - - -
3.8VALIDATION
OF INSTRUMENT - - - - - -
3.9PROCEDURE
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3.10DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURE - - -
CHAPTER
FOUR – DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - -
4.1
PRESENTATION OF TABLES - - - - - -
4.2
Discussion of Findings - - - - - - -
CHAPTER
FIVE – SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 SUMMARY
OF FINDINGS - - - - - - -
5.2
CONCLUSION - - - - - - -
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References
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