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Laboratory Facilities And Its Impact On Students’ Learning Outcome In Agricultural Science
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1.4 Research Questions
The research is guided by the following questions:
1. What is the extent of availability of agricultural laboratories in secondary school?
2.
Is there any significant difference on the performance of students’
taught with adequately equipped laboratories and to those in
inadequately equipped laboratories?
3. What is the efficiency
of utilization of existing laboratory facilities by science teachers
will enhance teaching of science subjects?
4. What is the impact of theoretical teaching of agricultural studies without laboratory exposure?
1.5 Significance of the study
Findings
from the study will be relevant to government, teachers and parent and
academia. It would also make the government through the ministry of
education to realize the need for provision of science equipment to
schools and posting of qualified science teachers, technicians and
technologists to secondary schools.It will motivate parents to provide
basic requirements of practical lesson(s) for their children in
secondary schools and also this convince the science teachers that
practical lessons are mostly essential for effective teaching and
learning of other science subjects like biology, chemistry, physics,
agriculture and to say mathematics. Finally, the study would contribute
empirically to the body of existing literature and it would serve as a
reference source to students or other researchers who might want to
carry out their research on the similar topic.
1.6 Scope of the study
The
scope of this study is to examine laboratory facilities and its impact
on students’ learning outcome in agricultural science. The study will
examine the current availability and use of agricultural laboratories in
secondary school.It will Investigate if there is significant difference
on students’ performance in adequately equipped laboratories and to
those in inadequately equipped laboratories. It will further explore if
the efficiency of utilization of existing laboratory facilities by
science teachers will enhance teaching of science subjects. The study is
however delimited to Ogbomosho axis of Ibadan State.
1.7 Limitation of the study
Like
in every human endeavour, the researchers encountered slight
constraints while carrying out the study. The significant constraint was
the scanty literature on the subject owing to the nature of the
discourse thus the researcher incurred more financial expenses and much
time was required in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature, or
information and in the process of data collection, which is why the
researcher resorted to a limited choice of sample size. Additionally,
the researcher will simultaneously engage in this study with other
academic work. More so, the choice of the sample size was limited as
few respondent were selected to answer the research instrument hence
cannot be generalize to other secondary schools outside the State.
However, despite the constraint encountered during the research, all
factors were downplayed in other to give the best and make the research
successful.
1.8 Definition of terms
Laboratory: A laboratory
is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific
or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be
performed.
Agriculture:Agriculture is the art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops and raising livestock.
Academic
achievement: Academic achievement represents performance outcomes that
indicate the extent to which a person has accomplished specific goals
that were the focus of activities in instructional environments,
specifically in school, college, and university.
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