Authors : Chinyere G Attamah; Chisom Precious Attamah; Ukpai Patricia Ogonnaya; Chidi Nwobashi
Volume/Issue : Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 7 - July
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DOI : 10.38124/IJISRT20JUL855
This study investigated the relationship
between teachers teaching experience, attitude,
classroom interaction pattern and student’s academic
achievement of science students in public secondary
secondary school in Ebonyi State. This research
adopted the expost facto research design. The
population for this study consisted of teachers teaching
science in senior secondary classes. A sample of 100
sechools were chosen for the study using stratified
random sampling technique, the basis of stratification
being the 3 senatorial zones of the state. 33 public
schools were selected from Ebonyi south and Ebonyi
north and 34 from Ebonyi central. Three instruments
were used to collect data, The FIAC, the science
teachers variable questionnaire (STVQ) and science
subject achievement test (SSAT). The hypothesis was
posited for the study and was analyzed using 0.05 alpha
level of significant. Hypothesis one was tested using one
way analysis of variance and Pearson product moment
correlation was used to test hypothesis two and three
respectively. The result of hypothesis one show a
significant f-ratio for 1/D (F = 4.556 p < 0.05) and
insignificant f-ratio of 1.529 D/st ratio. Given the sig fration of 1/D ratio, the result of LCD that teachers with
6 – 10 yrs has high. 1/D ratio than all other teachers
while those with 21 yrs of experience was insignificant.
The result of hypothesis two shows that 0.00 r value for
1/D ratio and r = 0.18 D/st ratio. This indicates no
significant relation between teachers attitude and their
classroom interaction pattern. On hypothesis three the
result indicates positive relationship between
achievement in science and classroom interaction with
1/D (r = 0.19) and D/st ratio (r = 0.39) the critical value
rc = 0.19. Findings revealed that teaching experience has
a lot to do with classroom interaction pattern which is
positively related to students academic achievement and
not science teachers attitude has no relationship with
their classroom interaction pattern. This paper
concluded that most teachers use direct teaching
method whereas some science subjects curriculum
content requires both direct and indirect teaching
method. Nevertheless, science teachers should use more
of indirect teaching methods because science is an
activity based subject.