ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING LOW PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN INTEGRATED SCIENCE

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  • Perpetual Coker Appiah Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science and Technology Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Christopher Beccles Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science and Technology Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v9i10.4492

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education, integrated science, environmental factor, teacher attitude, student attitude

Resumé

The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that affect the low performance of senior high school students in Integrated Science in the Tamale Metropolis. Concurrent triangulation mixed methods design was used. The instruments used during data collection were questionnaires and interview guide. A multistage sampling process was used to select four hundred students and fifteen teachers who teach Integrated Science. Data collected was analysed using exploratory factor analysis and thematic content analysis. The study revealed three factors: school environmental factor, teacher attitude and student attitude as contributors to students’ low performance in Integrated Science. It is, therefore recommend that the education ministry should provide a comfortable learning environment for effective teaching and learning to improve students’ performance in Integrated Science.

 

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  • Perpetual Coker Appiah, Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science and Technology Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

    Perpetual Coker Appiah is an Mphil (Science Education) graduate of the Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science and Technology Education, College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Appiah teaches Chemistry and Integrated Science in one of the senior high schools in Accra, Greater Accra. Appiah is a beginning researcher who is interested in teacher education, educational policy and gender-based education.

  • Christopher Beccles, Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science and Technology Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

    Christopher Beccles is a PhD (Science Education) holder working as a lecturer in the Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science and Technology Education, College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast. As a researcher and educator, Beccles is interested in teaching and learning, teacher training, and pedagogy and education.

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2022-10-19

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Årg. 9 Nr. 10 (2022)

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