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The Effects ofActivity -Based Instructional Approach on the

Academic Performance of Student in Intergrated Scince Education in

Katsina State College of Education Nigeria

Muhammed Abdul Bugaje1 ; Hamza Abubakar2

1

department of Integrated Science 2 Department Of Mathematics

1&2isa Kaita College Of Education P.M.B 5007, Dutsin-Ma Katsina State Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigate the effects of activity

based introduction approach on the

academic performance of student integrated

sciences which focuses on the level of

success in using this method and its

affectivity in teaching and learning

integrated sciences education .the study is

attempt to land out the significant

differences between activity based

instructional strategy and conventional

method of teaching (lecture method). The

research is a pilot study restricted to the

department of Integrated Science Education

in Katsina State College of education

Nigeria. The sample comprise thirty (30)

students of NCE II randomly selected. The

groups were place into two categories,

experimental and control groups. The

experimental and Control groups. The

experimental groups were taught using

Activity-based approach and the control

groups were taught using conventional

methods. Quisi-experimetal design is used

using pre-test posttest control group deign.

The data collected were analyzed using t- test statistic at P≤0.05 level of significant.

The instrument used for data collection is

integrated science process skills (ISPS) test.

The results obtained shows that there is

significant differences between the two

approaches which entails the use of Activity- base is effective and efficient methods of

teaching and learning science on general.

Recommendations were made for the

effective use of Activity-based approach in

teaching and learning integrated science

education.

Introduction

Pedagogy is the instructional

methods methods for strategy teachers adopt

to facilitate instructional delivery for the

achievement for the achievement of stated

curriculum objectives. Instructional delivery

for the achievement of stated curriculum

objectives. Instructional strategy is the

major factor in delivery effectiveness for it

determines the success of the lesson. The

instructional method that the teachers adopt

in teaching a lesson is a vital because this

can make students like or dislike the

subjects. Teachers need to adopt teaching

methods that will influence students’

interest, enthusiasm and understanding

positively in the subject leading to

acquisition of the pre-requisite knowledge,

skills, value and scientific attitudes.

However the methods a teacher

employ depends on the number of factors

ranging from the nature of subjects, age, the

students, specific objectives, teacher and

environmental variable as stated by Etuibon

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(2014). There are varieties of instructional

methods from which a teacher may select

the effectiveness for instructional delivery.

This range from demonstration,

conventional, discussion, field trip to more

innovative methods like co-operative

learning, concept mapping which actively

involves students in learning, Ajewole

(2010).

The best method of teaching integrated

science education is that methods that

engage students participation in activities.

Active participation in learning concept in

integrated science will provide students with

their own personal experience that will

facilitate learning which many never be

forgotten. The activity base approaches

enriches the teaching learning process by

ensuring the students actively participate in

the lesson rather than just being passive

listeners in the classroom Eboka, (2014)

Mastropiere & Scruggs (1995) lamented that

many students benefit from learning science

through activity base approach that reduces

the relevance on textbooks, lectures,

knowledge of vocabulary and prevail paper

test this kind of approach seek to promote

that allow them to discover and experiment

with science through discovery and

inquiring teachers involve students in

creating and expanding their knowledge and

understanding about content area being

studied.

The philosophy of integrated science

emphasize and stresses the effectives use of

activity base strategy as a tentative method

of teaching integrated science in the Nigeria

colleges of education as stated by national

commission for colleges of education

(NCCE) accompanied by science teacher’s

association of Nigeria (STAN). The

minimum standard for science 2012 edition

NCE curriculum outline the philosophy and

objective of integrated science.

The philosophy of the Nigeria

certification education (NCE) integrated

science is anchored on the following areas:

- Fundamental unit of science

- The use of scientific methods as a

common approach in problem

solving

- The role and function of science in

every day life

- To prepare students for further

students is integrated science.

Objectives NCE (2015) minimum

standard

- Enabling the students gain concept of

the fundamental unity of science

- Installing the student with

community of approach to problems

of a scientific method.

- Increasing students understanding of

the role and definition of science in

every day life and in the world in

which they live.

- Making students well informed and

scientifically literate.

- Enabling student acquire and

demonstrate the intellectual

commence and professional skills to

the teaching of integrated science.

- Developing students ability to impart

and encourage in their pupils the

spirit of inquring into living and non

living things in the environments.

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- Developing the ability and

motivation is students to work and

think in an independent way/ manner

- Enabling students to carry out

scientific investigation emphasizing

co operation development of

appropriate scientific process and

skills and improves their written and

oral communication skills

- To develop in students the interest to

pursue higher studies in integrated

science.

Integrated science is the unity of all

knowledge the conceptual unity of the

sciences, a unified process of scientific

inquiry and an interdisciplinary study as

defined by Brow, (1977). The development

of process skills and basics skills is an

emphasized objective of Nigerian integrated

science projects capable for teachers to

make use if activity base approach to assist

the students to observe carefully and

thoroughly, report completely and accurately

what is observe. Organize information

acquired generalize on the basic of acquired

information predict as a result of generally

design experiment to check production use

models to explain phenomena and continue

the process of inquiring when new data do

not conform to prediction these can

absolutely be acclaimed through the

effective use of activity base approaches in

teaching learning integrated science.

Foecke, (2004) in an article

on the education

of teachers of integrated

science observe that how can

we expect teachers who have

science only in

specialized packages and by

methods which

may have stressed lecture and

memorization and

avoided direct involvement

from this background

and teach science in an

integrated and

inquiry – oriented manner?.

Pine G. (1989), Define Activity:- based

method as a technique adopted by a teachers

to emphasize his or her method of teaching

through activity in which the students

participate rigorously and bring about

efficient learning experiences. It’s a child

centered approach. It is method in which the

child is actively involved in participating

mentally and physically learning by doing is

the main focus in this method. Learning by

doing is imperative in imperative in

successful learning. Since its well proved

that more the senses are stimulated more a

person learns and longer he/she retains

The corporation of schools of

Chennai (2003) which was developed and

originated by the pioneer of the method

David Horsburgh out line the affectivity of

the activity based strategy and lamented that.

Activity:- based approach required actives

problem solving by students in finding

patterns in the information through their

own investigation and Analysis. With

continued practice in these processes,

students learn not the content of the lesson

but also develop many other skills.

Horsburgh D. (2003) out line the importance

of activity based method or the main