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Chapter Three Research Design and Methods: Population of The Study

This chapter outlines the research design and methodology used in the study. A descriptive survey design using questionnaires was employed to collect data from 100 secondary school chemistry students selected through simple random sampling. The self-structured questionnaire contained closed and open-ended questions on students' opinions regarding the subject matter and was validated by an expert. Data was collected before and after a two week instruction period and analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test to determine the effectiveness of the teaching method.

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Chapter Three Research Design and Methods: Population of The Study

This chapter outlines the research design and methodology used in the study. A descriptive survey design using questionnaires was employed to collect data from 100 secondary school chemistry students selected through simple random sampling. The self-structured questionnaire contained closed and open-ended questions on students' opinions regarding the subject matter and was validated by an expert. Data was collected before and after a two week instruction period and analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test to determine the effectiveness of the teaching method.

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CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

3.0 Introduction

This chapter describes the procedure and strategies used in this study, the
procedure are structure along the following sub-headings.

 Research Design
 Population of the study
 Sample and sampling techniques
 Research Instrument
 Validity of the instrument
 Administration of instrument and data collection
 Data analysis

3.1 Research Design


A descriptive research design of the survey type will used for the study because it systematically
described the facts and characteristics of a given population or area of interest accurately.

3.2 Population of the study

The population of the study will comprise of all senior secondary school science students in two
secondary schools in Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State.
3.3 Sample and sampling techniques

The sample for this study consists of One Hundred respondents in senior secondary school class
two (SSS2) chemistry students from two secondary schools in Akoko North East, they were
selected using a simple random sampling techniques. Relevant Information will be collected
through a structured questionnaire.
3.4 Research Instrument
A well-structured questionnaire prepared by the researcher will be used in collecting data for this
research, the questionnaire was closed-ended and open ended type, it comprises of section A and
B., the section A comprises of demographic information of the respondents while section B
contains the items that asked for the opinion of the respondents on the subject matter, this gives
them a restricted response on a four Likert format scale type of SA-strongly agree, A-agree, D-
disagree, SD-strongly disagree, High: 3, Moderate: 2, Low: 1 and None: 0 and the open-ended to
relate what they really feel about the question items.

3.5 Validity of the Instrument

A face and content validation of the questionnaire will be adopted and carried out with the help of
the project supervisor who modified and approved the instrument before it was administered.

3.6 Administration of Instrument and Data Collection Procedure

Fifty copies of the questionnaires were administered to the respondents as a pre-test survey. This
was to determine the entry behaviour of the students in terms of what they already know about
what is to be taught, and to determine the equivalence of the two groups before the commencement
of the treatment. The test instrument covers a topic treated during the two weeks of instruction. At
the end of the two weeks, the same test was administered to both experimental and control group
classes as post-test, with the numbers changed so that the students may not think it was the same
examination.

3.7 Data Analyses Technique

The data generated from the pretest and post test were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard
deviation and t-test.

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