Micro Science Kits Intergration Approach: The Effect on Students’ Acquisition of Process Skills in Kenyan High School Physics
- October 12, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: Applied Science, IJRIAS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) | Volume V, Issue III, January 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Fanuel Murundi Mukhuyu Wesonga.
St. Mary Goretti Shikoti Girls’ High School, Kenya
Abstract: This study investigated the effect of integrated micro science kits on student’s acquisition of practical skills in physics practical work in form two students in Kakamega Central sub-county. Two research objectives guided the study and two null hypotheses were postulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study utilized quasi experimental design; specifically pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group design. The sample consisted of six hundred and forty one (641) form two physics students. Two groups of the form two physics students from 16 secondary schools were a signed as experimental and control groups who participated in the study. The experimental group consisted of 319 students from 8 schools. They carried out experiments using micro science kits. The control group consisted of 321 students from the other 8 schools. The control group performed experiments using conventional apparatus. A Physics Process Skill Checklist (PPSC) was used for Data Collection. The instrument was validated by experts and the reliability co-efficient obtained was 0.84 using the test-retest method and followed by the Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation as descriptive statistics while t-test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were the inferential statistics used to test the hypotheses test at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that students’ use of micro science kits had a significant effect on science process skill acquisition in physics practical work. It also revealed that school type was a significant factor in students’ science process skill acquisition in physics. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that teachers’ should update their knowledge on the integration of micro science kits in teaching of practical work for enhancement of students’ acquisition of science process skills in physics
Key Terms: Micro kit integration, Conventional physics apparatus, Acquisition of process skills in physics, School type.
