Factors influencing elective science students’ perception of their Biology classroom environment in low and high academic achieving schools in the Central Region of Ghana

dc.creator	Otami, Deodat Charles
dc.creator	Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey
dc.creator	Anthony-Krueger, Christian
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:35Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:35Z
dc.identifier	2243-7703
dc.identifier	2243-7711
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/975c619e29b84e7ba6c18f0f86356467
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27712
dc.description	The study investigated factors influencing elective science students’ perception of their Biology classroom environment in low and high academic achieving senior secondary schools in the Central Region of Ghana. The cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. Participants were 356 third-year elective science students, selection through a multi-stage sampling technique. Data were obtained using the Biology Classroom Environment Questionnaire (BCEQ). This was after the senior secondary schools that offer elective science program had been categorized into low and high academic achieving schools based on their performance in Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination/West Africa Senior Secondary School Examinations for five years. Two third-year intact classes were randomly selected from four schools under each category. Data analysis includes Factor and Item Analyses, and Multivariate Analysis of Variance. The findings revealed that four factors influence elective science students’ perception of their Biology classroom environment. The findings further suggested that elective science students in both school categories had a low perception of their Biology classroom environment but significantly different in favor of the elective science students in low academic achieving schools in teacher support, cooperation, and equity. Implications of the study are discussed and recommendations given.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Consortia Academia Publishing
dc.relation	http://www.consortiacademia.org/index.php/ijrse/article/view/12
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2243-7703
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2243-7711
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	International Journal of Research Studies in Education, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 35-46 (2012)
dc.subject	Biology
dc.subject	classroom environment
dc.subject	elective science students
dc.subject	perception
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	Factors influencing elective science students’ perception of their Biology classroom environment in low and high academic achieving schools in the Central Region of Ghana
dc.type	article