Psyc Paper 1
Curtis Priesman
PSYC 1010
November 19, y
Effects of two teaching methods on the achievement in and attitude to biology of students of different levels of scientific literacy
Chinwe Nwagbo (Department of Science Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria)
research question- 1)What are the comparative effects of teaching methods (guided inquiry and expository) on the mean achievement scores of students of different levels of scientific literacy, in biology? 2) What are the interactive effects of teaching methods and scientific literacy levels, on students’ achievement in biology? 3) What are the comparative effects of teaching methods (guided inquiry and expository) on the mean attitudinal scores of students of different levels of scientific literacy, in biology? 4) What are the interactive effects of teaching methods and scientific literacy levels, on students’ attitude to biology? hypothesis (es)- 1) There is no statistically significant difference in the mean achievement scores of students of high, medium and low levels of scientific literacy taught biology using guided inquiry method and those taught biology using the expository method. 2) There is no statistically significant interaction between teaching methods and scientific literacy levels, on achievement in biology. 3) There is no statistically significant difference in the mean attitudinal scores of student of high, medium and low levels of scientific literacy, taught biology using the guided inquiry method and those taught biology using the expository method. 4) There is no statistically significant interaction between teaching methods and scientific literacy levels, on attitude towards biology.
- independent variable(s)- 1) Teaching Methods
- dependent variable(s)- 1) Students Achievement and Attitude in Biology equipment or instruments used to gather the data- 1) Biology Achievement Test (BAT) 2) Attitude to Biology Scale (ABS) 3) Scientific Literacy Test (SLT)
- method of measuring (what
PSYC 1010
November 19, y
Effects of two teaching methods on the achievement in and attitude to biology of students of different levels of scientific literacy
Chinwe Nwagbo (Department of Science Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria)
research question- 1)What are the comparative effects of teaching methods (guided inquiry and expository) on the mean achievement scores of students of different levels of scientific literacy, in biology? 2) What are the interactive effects of teaching methods and scientific literacy levels, on students’ achievement in biology? 3) What are the comparative effects of teaching methods (guided inquiry and expository) on the mean attitudinal scores of students of different levels of scientific literacy, in biology? 4) What are the interactive effects of teaching methods and scientific literacy levels, on students’ attitude to biology? hypothesis (es)- 1) There is no statistically significant difference in the mean achievement scores of students of high, medium and low levels of scientific literacy taught biology using guided inquiry method and those taught biology using the expository method. 2) There is no statistically significant interaction between teaching methods and scientific literacy levels, on achievement in biology. 3) There is no statistically significant difference in the mean attitudinal scores of student of high, medium and low levels of scientific literacy, taught biology using the guided inquiry method and those taught biology using the expository method. 4) There is no statistically significant interaction between teaching methods and scientific literacy levels, on attitude towards biology.
- independent variable(s)- 1) Teaching Methods
- dependent variable(s)- 1) Students Achievement and Attitude in Biology equipment or instruments used to gather the data- 1) Biology Achievement Test (BAT) 2) Attitude to Biology Scale (ABS) 3) Scientific Literacy Test (SLT)
- method of measuring (what