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Laboratory Facilities And Its Impact On Students’ Learning Outcome In Agricultural Science
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1.2 Statement of the problem
Academic achievement of students
in practical subjects (physics, chemistry, biology, and agriculture) has
generally declined in secondary schools over the last decade due to
insufficient science facilities in laboratories. According to Epo
(1999), any attempt to divide science into practical and theoretical
lessons perpetuates the dichotomy, which is the polar opposite of what
science is. As a result, the quality of laboratory facilities and
exposure may have an impact on students' performance in practical
science subjects. The laboratory has been identified as the heart of a
good scientific program, allowing students in schools to gain experience
that is aligned with scientific literacy goals. Agriculture practical
subjects make up a large part of hands-on learning, and if they are not
taught properly, students' education will suffer as a result of a lack
of exposure to laboratory instruction. This leads to a low level of
understanding of the subject matter, half-baked students in science
subjects, and students' imaginative perceptions that science subjects
are difficult to achieve. Students will not learn properly if they are
taught Agriculture subjects theoretically without having the practical
aspects instilled and done in the laboratory. This implies that the
impact of agriculture laboratories and their facilities on students'
academic achievement in science subjects is overlooked. According to
Doerfert (2011), determining the relationship between instructional
strategies and student achievement is a top priority initiative in the
Agricultural Education and Communication National Research Agenda in
order to increase the value of agricultural education on student
achievement in science. However, little research has been done on how
agricultural laboratories are currently used. In light of this, the
purpose of this study is to investigate.
1.3 Objective of the study
The
broad objective of this study is to examine laboratory facilities and
its impact on students’ learning outcome in agricultural science.
Specifically the study seeks to:
1. Examine the current availability and use of agricultural laboratories in secondary school.
2.
Investigate if there is significant difference on students’ performance
in adequately equipped laboratories and to those in inadequately
equipped laboratories.
3. Explore if the efficiency of utilization of
existing laboratory facilities by science teachers will enhance
teaching of science subjects.
4. Determine the impact of theoretical teaching of agricultural studies without laboratory exposure.
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