EFFECT OF A MODELED HUMAN TOOTH ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG UPPER BASIC SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BOSSO METROPOLIS OF NIGER STATE

Abstract

The study examined the effect of a modeled human tooth on the academic achievement in Basis science among upper Basic secondary school students in Bosso Metropolis of Niger state. A quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test control group design was adopted for the study. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study comprised 2,078 JSSII students from 13 secondary schools in Bosso Metropolis of Niger state. The sample comprised 179 JSSII students selected from two out of the 13 secondary schools using intact class. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the two schools from which the two intact classes were selected. The instrument used for data collection was Achievement Test on Human tooth (ATOHUT), and the data was analyzed using mean for the research questions, and t-test for the hypotheses. The results indicated that students who were taught with a modeled human tooth had better academic achievement in Basic science, and that gender has no significance effect on the academic achievement of students who were taught Basic science with modeled human tooth, based on the findings, it was recommended among other things that Basic science teachers should be enlightened on the use of appropriate instructional material as this will aid teaching and learning in schools more effective.