UTIIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL MODELS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IKA LCAL GOVERNMENT
AREA, AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA
Hope Amba Neji & Patience Okoroafor
Department of Science Education,
University of Calabar - Nigeria

Abstract
The study determined the utilization of Biological models on students’ academic achievement in
biology in Ika Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. One research question and
three hypothesis guided the study. The design of the study was Quasi-experimental design. The
sample of the study used was one hundred and twenty senior secondary three (SS2) students
offering Biology in Public Secondary Schools in Ika Local Area, Akwa Ibom Purposive
sampling technique was employed to select a total number of (120) respondents as sample of
the study. The instrument for data collection was Biology Achievement Test (BAT) validated by
three experts in Science Education and educational foundations. The reliability of BAT was
established using Kuder-Richardson Formula (KR-20) which yielded a reliability coefficient of
to be 0.81. Research question was answered using mean and standard deviation while analysis
of covariance was used to test the null hypothesis. The result of the study showed that students
taught using Biological models had higher mean achievement score than those taught using
conventional instructional method. It was concluded that the use of biological models is an
effective instructional approach for improving students’ achievement in biology. It was
recommended among others that biology teachers should be adopt the use of realia biological
models to aid teaching and learning.
Keyword: Biological models, Academic Achievement, Biology. DOWNLOAD FULL PDF