Abstract:
This study investigated the problems SHS Chemistry students faced in naming
organic compounds especially hydrocarbons by IUPAC rules at Zion College Senior
High School in the Keta Municipality. The research work established if there was a
significant difference between the performance of students taught by the traditional
method and those taught using molecular models. It also considered whether if there
was significant difference between the performance of boys and girls in the
experimental class after the intervention. A total of 98 SHS2 chemistry students were
targeted. Only 86 students took part in the research. After tossing, the science classes
A and B became control and experimental class respectively. Both classes were taught
with the same traditional method of teaching and a pretest was conducted. It was then
followed with the intervention, that is teaching the experimental class using molecular
model and the control class taught with the traditional method. Posttest was conducted
and the results were collected after marking. The data collected were analyzed using
frequency count, percentages and t-test. Statistically, the calculated P(T<=t) is 0.095
which is greater than the alpha value 0.05 implying that there is no significant
difference between the performance of elective chemistry students taught with the
traditional method and students taught using molecular models. In the light of this
analysis therefore, the researcher failed to reject the first null hypothesis (Ho 1).In
comparing the performance of boys and girls in the experimental class in the posttest,
the researcher reject the second null hypothesis (Ho 2) formulated for the study. This
is because the calculated P(T<=t) 0.034 is less than the alpha value 0.05.
Description:
DISSERTATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF
GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN
PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
THE MASTER OF SCIENCE EDUCATION DEGREE.
DECEMBER, 2015