Perceived difficulty levels of basic concepts in biology by teachers in senior schools in Ogbomosho, Nigeria
Over the years, many factors have been visible that lead to unimpressive performance in biology. One of the factors includes ineffectiveness and inefficiency of biology teachers which results from the difficulties faced with some biology concepts. The study investigated perceived difficulty levels o...
Saved in:
Published in | Assimilation (Bandung) Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 39 - 46 |
---|---|
Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Department of Biology Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
31.03.2024
|
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Abstract | Over the years, many factors have been visible that lead to unimpressive performance in biology. One of the factors includes ineffectiveness and inefficiency of biology teachers which results from the difficulties faced with some biology concepts. The study investigated perceived difficulty levels of basic concepts in biology by teachers in senior schools in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The study adopted a descriptive research of the survey type. The population for this study comprised all biology teachers in Ogbomosho. A simple random sampling technique was employed to select 262 respondents. The research instrument for this study was the Biology Teachers’ Perceptions Questionnaire on Difficult Concepts (BTPQDC). Three research questions were raised in the study. The research questions were analyzed using frequency count, percentage and cross-tabulation. The results showed that biology teachers perceived the majority of the basic concepts as not difficult. The concepts include the conservation of energy topics such as laws of thermodynamics, food chain, water cycle, micro and macro elements and holozoic nutrition Also, biology teachers perceived some reasons as the cause of difficulty in the basic concepts of biology. They include misconception of the concepts, insufficient subject-matter knowledge of the concepts, abstractness of the concepts, and complexity of the topic. |
---|---|
AbstractList | Over the years, many factors have been visible that lead to unimpressive performance in biology. One of the factors includes ineffectiveness and inefficiency of biology teachers which results from the difficulties faced with some biology concepts. The study investigated perceived difficulty levels of basic concepts in biology by teachers in senior schools in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The study adopted a descriptive research of the survey type. The population for this study comprised all biology teachers in Ogbomosho. A simple random sampling technique was employed to select 262 respondents. The research instrument for this study was the Biology Teachers’ Perceptions Questionnaire on Difficult Concepts (BTPQDC). Three research questions were raised in the study. The research questions were analyzed using frequency count, percentage and cross-tabulation. The results showed that biology teachers perceived the majority of the basic concepts as not difficult. The concepts include the conservation of energy topics such as laws of thermodynamics, food chain, water cycle, micro and macro elements and holozoic nutrition Also, biology teachers perceived some reasons as the cause of difficulty in the basic concepts of biology. They include misconception of the concepts, insufficient subject-matter knowledge of the concepts, abstractness of the concepts, and complexity of the topic. Over the years, many factors have been visible that lead to unimpressive performance in biology. One of the factors includes ineffectiveness and inefficiency of biology teachers which results from the difficulties faced with some biology concepts. The study investigated perceived difficulty levels of basic concepts in biology by teachers in senior schools in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The study adopted a descriptive research of the survey type. The population for this study comprised all biology teachers in Ogbomosho. A simple random sampling technique was employed to select 262 respondents. The research instrument for this study was the Biology Teachers’ Perceptions Questionnaire on Difficult Concepts (BTPQDC). Three research questions were raised in the study. The research questions were analyzed using frequency count, percentage and cross-tabulation. The results showed that biology teachers perceived the majority of the basic concepts as not difficult. The concepts include the conservation of energy topics such as laws of thermodynamics, food chain, water cycle, micro and macro elements and holozoic nutrition Also, biology teachers perceived some reasons as the cause of difficulty in the basic concepts of biology. They include misconception of the concepts, insufficient subject-matter knowledge of the concepts, abstractness of the concepts, and complexity of the topic. |
Author | Ahmed, Mulkah Adebisi Ahmed, Abiola Tawa Abimbola, Ahmatullahi Folakemi Alawonde, Oluseye Adegboye Luwoye, Akindeyi |
Author_xml | – sequence: 1 givenname: Oluseye Adegboye surname: Alawonde fullname: Alawonde, Oluseye Adegboye – sequence: 2 givenname: Akindeyi surname: Luwoye fullname: Luwoye, Akindeyi – sequence: 3 givenname: Abiola Tawa surname: Ahmed fullname: Ahmed, Abiola Tawa – sequence: 4 givenname: Mulkah Adebisi surname: Ahmed fullname: Ahmed, Mulkah Adebisi – sequence: 5 givenname: Ahmatullahi Folakemi surname: Abimbola fullname: Abimbola, Ahmatullahi Folakemi |
BookMark | eNpNkMtKAzEYRoMoqLUP4C4PYGsu0ySzlOINinWh65D8-dOmTCeS1ELfXp2KuPo-zuIsziU57XOPhFxzNuV6xtpblzYep3ud-FSpRjUn5EIowSdaKHb675-Tca0bxphoOW-YviDdKxbAtMdAQ4oxwWe3O9AO99hVmiP1riagkHvAj12lqac-5S6vDtQf6A4drLEMuGKfcqEV1jl3A1mufN7mus439CWtsCR3Rc6i6yqOf3dE3h_u3-ZPk8Xy8Xl-t5gAZ8ZPZDQh6tbpRikTuNAG2jY0wsQolBZGO4GMGWPkTMsgAQJzKJSPrAWtlJMj8nz0huw29qOkrSsHm12yA8hlZV3ZJejQShnQB840MtOgVC62fAbStZ4ZAO-_XfzogpJrLRj_fJzZob4d6tuf-naoL78ARwN8wg |
ContentType | Journal Article |
DBID | AAYXX CITATION DOA |
DOI | 10.17509/aijbe.v7i1.66464 |
DatabaseName | CrossRef DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals |
DatabaseTitle | CrossRef |
DatabaseTitleList | CrossRef |
Database_xml | – sequence: 1 dbid: DOA name: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals url: https://www.doaj.org/ sourceTypes: Open Website |
DeliveryMethod | fulltext_linktorsrc |
Discipline | Biology |
EISSN | 2621-7260 |
EndPage | 46 |
ExternalDocumentID | oai_doaj_org_article_33debd107e084e36af915c3a9b08ccbb 10_17509_aijbe_v7i1_66464 |
GroupedDBID | AAYXX ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS CITATION GROUPED_DOAJ M~E |
ID | FETCH-LOGICAL-c108b-3f8df79a74668d1278c99d428ff267287a2e008883573d3ccd0ae26bf09c766a3 |
IEDL.DBID | DOA |
ISSN | 2621-7260 |
IngestDate | Thu Jul 04 21:11:07 EDT 2024 Fri Aug 23 02:20:37 EDT 2024 |
IsDoiOpenAccess | true |
IsOpenAccess | true |
IsPeerReviewed | true |
IsScholarly | true |
Issue | 1 |
Language | English |
LinkModel | DirectLink |
MergedId | FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-c108b-3f8df79a74668d1278c99d428ff267287a2e008883573d3ccd0ae26bf09c766a3 |
OpenAccessLink | https://doaj.org/article/33debd107e084e36af915c3a9b08ccbb |
PageCount | 8 |
ParticipantIDs | doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_33debd107e084e36af915c3a9b08ccbb crossref_primary_10_17509_aijbe_v7i1_66464 |
PublicationCentury | 2000 |
PublicationDate | 2024-03-31 |
PublicationDateYYYYMMDD | 2024-03-31 |
PublicationDate_xml | – month: 03 year: 2024 text: 2024-03-31 day: 31 |
PublicationDecade | 2020 |
PublicationTitle | Assimilation (Bandung) |
PublicationYear | 2024 |
Publisher | Department of Biology Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia |
Publisher_xml | – name: Department of Biology Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia |
SSID | ssj0002911407 |
Score | 2.3059433 |
Snippet | Over the years, many factors have been visible that lead to unimpressive performance in biology. One of the factors includes ineffectiveness and inefficiency... |
SourceID | doaj crossref |
SourceType | Open Website Aggregation Database |
StartPage | 39 |
SubjectTerms | biology concepts difficulty levels senior schools teachers’ perceptions |
Title | Perceived difficulty levels of basic concepts in biology by teachers in senior schools in Ogbomosho, Nigeria |
URI | https://doaj.org/article/33debd107e084e36af915c3a9b08ccbb |
Volume | 7 |
hasFullText | 1 |
inHoldings | 1 |
isFullTextHit | |
isPrint | |
link | http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwrV1LS8QwEA4iCF7EJ64vcvAkdrdp0jyOKi6L4OrBhb2VPNeKtrJdhf33JmmV9eTF61BC-CaZmY9OvgHgnGhClc5VQh0jCTGKJJLlLkEOKWu4cDLKLt6P6WhC7qb5dGXUV-gJa-WBW-AGGBurjCcpNuXEYiqdQLnGUqiUa61UjL4oXyFTIQZn_g57qtL9xgxZcSDLF2X7n6xEfUoJJb8S0Ypef0wsw22w1VWE8KrdyQ5Ys9Uu2GhnRC73wOtjaD3xMcnAMMwkSmUs4Wvo9Wlg7aBPQ6WGun192MCygp2uElRLuGj1mqO5sVVZz2ETZTej5WGm6re6ea4v4bichaO4DybD26ebUdKNSEg0SrlKsOPGMSEZoZQblDGuhTCeUjiXUebZkMysz_Lc11kMG6y1SaXNqHKp0IxSiQ_AelVX9hBA45fJMyc18gxKEiQMy22Gtb-gqVAa98DFN17Fe6uEUQQGEcAtIrhFALeI4PbAdUD058MgYh0N3rVF59riL9ce_ccix2Az83VI-4zwBKwv5h_21NcRC3UWj8wXHgLJJA |
link.rule.ids | 315,786,790,870,2115,27955,27956 |
linkProvider | Directory of Open Access Journals |
openUrl | ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Perceived+difficulty+levels+of+basic+concepts+in+biology+by+teachers+in+senior+schools+in+Ogbomosho%2C+Nigeria&rft.jtitle=Assimilation+%28Bandung%29&rft.au=Alawonde%2C+Oluseye+Adegboye&rft.au=Luwoye%2C+Akindeyi&rft.au=Ahmed%2C+Abiola+Tawa&rft.au=Ahmed%2C+Mulkah+Adebisi&rft.date=2024-03-31&rft.issn=2621-7260&rft.eissn=2621-7260&rft.volume=7&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=39&rft.epage=46&rft_id=info:doi/10.17509%2Faijbe.v7i1.66464&rft.externalDBID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID=10_17509_aijbe_v7i1_66464 |
thumbnail_l | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=2621-7260&client=summon |
thumbnail_m | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=2621-7260&client=summon |
thumbnail_s | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=2621-7260&client=summon |