Relative Effectiveness of Expository and Field Trip Methods of Teaching on Students' Achievement in Ecology

Autor/in	Hamilton-Ekeke, Joy-Telu
Titel	Relative Effectiveness of Expository and Field Trip Methods of Teaching on Students' Achievement in Ecology
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 29 (2007) 15, S.1869-1889 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
Schlagwörter	Field Trips; Achievement Tests; Ecology; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Science Instruction; Environmental Education; Pretests Posttests; Experiential Learning; Conventional Instruction; Lesson Plans; Secondary School Students; Secondary School Science; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Exkursion; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Ökologie; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	The study was a pre-test treatment post-test control design. Three educational districts from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria were treated as clusters. Twenty boys and 20 girls were randomly selected, making up a total of 40 students, in each of Group A, Group B, and Group C. Students in Group A were taught ecology by taking them to the school farm, pond, and nearby stream, while students in Group B were taught ecology strictly in the classroom. Students in Group C were not taught but have knowledge of ecology. Findings of the study revealed a highest performance of Group A relative to Group B and Group C. Students in Group A (field trip) were thus able to perform highest because of their opportunity of having first-hand experience of organisms in their natural habitat. (Contains 1 figure and 6 tables. Appended are: (1) "Lesson plan for field trip method of teaching"; (2) "Lesson plan for expository method of teaching"; (3) "Ecology Achievement Test (EAT)"; and (4) "Grid of questions on the EAT by units and process objectives.") (Author).
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