Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of using visual aids as an
instructional tool in the teaching of circulatory systems in humans on the performance
of Junior High School students. It further investigated the students‟ perception of
motivation about their integrated science classroom learning environment under the
visual aids and traditional teaching approaches. The study employed quasi
experimental design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the two schools
for the study. The sample size comprised 81 students with 39 of them in the
experimental group and the remaining 42 students in the control group. The
experimental group was instructed using the visual aids method while the traditional
lecture approach was used for the control group. Pre-test and post-test were carried out
simultaneously on both groups using teacher-made achievement test. An independent sample t test and paired sample t-test were used to analyse the scores of the achievement test.
The findings indicated that students in the experimental groups achieved better results
compared to those in the control group. Also, the results indicated that there was
statistically significant difference in the Science achievement mean scores between the
male and female students when taught with Visual aids as an instructional tool. It was
also realised that students taught with visual aids were more motivational in learning
the blood circulatory systems in human than the traditional method of teaching. It was
recommended that teachers should incorporate the use of visual aids in the teaching
of Science.
Description:
A 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 Master of Education
(Science Education) degree.
DECEMBER, 2017
