Effect of Projected Instructional Media on Senior Secondary School Students Retention in Biology

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue X, October 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Effect of Projected Instructional Media on Senior Secondary School Students Retention in Biology

Okwara, O.Kalu¹, Anyagh, I. Paul², Ikyaan, S. Gloria³

^1,2,3Department of Science Education, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria

Abstract: – This study investigated the effect of projected instructional media on senior secondary school students’ retention in biology. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses formulated to guide the study. It was conducted in co-educational schools in Benue State educational zone B. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the two schools for the study. The sample of one hundred and sixty-five SSI students was used. Researchers developed instrument (Biology Retention Test) was used to collect data for both pre-test and post-test. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The findings show that students taught with projected instructional media retained higher than those taught without projected instructional media. It was found that the female students also retained higher than their male counterparts when taught using projected instructional media. However, this difference was not significant. The study recommend that biology teachers should be encouraged to adopt the use of projected instructional media in the teaching and learning of photosynthesis and biology in general as this will enhance students’ retention and eliminate gender related differences in the classroom.

Keywords: Effect, Projected Instructional Media, Retention, Students, Biology.

I. INTRODUCTION

Attaining and sustaining national development is a great desire among many nations of the world. This could only happen when such nations engage their potentials towards the building of science and technology. Science is a way of thinking in pursuit of understanding nature (it is a way of investigating and a body of established knowledge) Aniodoh (2012). Science therefore is very crucial in shaping the way we think, explore, generate and apply knowledge about our environment. The importance of science in national development can hardly be overemphasized. According to Ivowi (2003), the development of a nation depends largely on the level of scientific and technological literacy possessed by the citizenry.

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