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Impact of Teaching Practice Experience on Physics Education Students in University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ikere-Ekiti Campus, Ekiti State, Nigeria

	International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development (IJSRED)	Full Text:
	Published Issue : Volume-3 Issue-5
	Year of Publication : 2020
	Unique Identification Number : IJSRED-V3I5P74
	Authors :Awodun, Adebisi O, Eniola-Arigbe, Yetunde
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Abstract :

The study investigated the effects of Outdoor Activities and Advance Organizer teaching strategies on students’ attitude towards Basic Science in Secondary school in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study adopted non-equivalent pre-test post-test design. The population consisted of 12, 033 Basic Science students in Ekiti State while the sample consisted of 138 J.S.1 students (intact class size) drawn from three public secondary schools in the three Senatorial Districts of Ekiti State. The sample was selected using multistage sampling procedure. The research instrument ‘Basic Science Attitude Scale (BSAS)’ was used to collect relevant data for this study. The face and content validity of the instrument was ensured while the reliability of the instrument was determined using split-half which yielded reliability co-efficient of 0.72. The data were analyzed using inferential statistics of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Post-hoc analysis (Scheffe) with mean difference was carried out in order to investigate the source of the differences observed after treatment, all at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that the three groups (Outdoor Activities, Advance Organizer and Conventional) were homogenous at the commencement of the experiment. The use of Outdoor Activities and Advance Organizer teaching enhanced students’ positive attitude towards Basic Science. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that the use of Outdoor Activities and Advance Organizer teaching strategies should be encouraged in Basic Science class in Junior Secondary Schools so as to enhance academic performance of students in Basic Science. It was also recommended that Basic Science teachers should update their knowledge so as to accommodate the use of Outdoor Activities and Advance Organizer teaching strategies.