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Analysis of Science Process Skills in West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Physics Practical Examinations in Nigeria

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dc.creator A.O. Akinbobola
dc.creator F. Afolabi
dc.date 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:47:10Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:47:10Z
dc.identifier 1313-1958
dc.identifier 1313-9118
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/a58ee1362d9642308b0221605e00548b
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23636
dc.description This study analyzes the science process skills in West African senior secondary school certificate physics practical examinations in Nigeria for a period of 10 years (1998-2007). Ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. The 5 prominent science process skills identified out of the 15 used in the study are: manipulating (17%), calculating (14%), recording (14%), observing (12%) and communicating (11%). The results also show high percentage rate of basic (lower order) science process skills (63%) as compared to the integrated (higher order) science process skills (37%). The results also indicate that the number of basic process skills is significantly higher than the integrated process skills in the West African senior secondary school certificate physics practical examinations in Nigeria. It is recommended that the examination bodies in Nigeria should include more integrated science process skills into the senior secondary school physics practical examinations so as to enable the students to be prone to creativity, problem solving, reflective thinking, originality and invention which are vital ingredients for science and technological development of any nation.
dc.language Bulgarian
dc.language English
dc.publisher University of Sofia
dc.relation http://bjsep.org/getfile.php?id=64
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1313-1958
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1313-9118
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source Bulgarian Journal of Science and Education Policy , Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 32-47 (2010)
dc.subject Physics
dc.subject Senior secondary school
dc.subject Science process skills
dc.subject Nigeria
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Analysis of Science Process Skills in West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Physics Practical Examinations in Nigeria
dc.type article


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