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Perceived difficulty levels of basic concepts in biology by teachers in senior schools in Ogbomosho, Nigeria Alawonde, Oluseye Adegboye; Luwoye, Akindeyi; Ahmed, Abiola Tawa; Ahmed, Mulkah Adebisi; Abimbola, Ahmatullahi Folakemi
Assimilation: Indonesian Journal of Biology Education Vol 7, No 1 (2024): March 2024
Publisher : Department of Biology Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

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Over the years, many factors have been visible that lead to unimpressive performance in biology. One of the factors includes ineffectiveness and inefficiency of biology teachers which results from the difficulties faced with some biology concepts. The study investigated perceived difficulty levels of basic concepts in biology by teachers in senior schools in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The study adopted a descriptive research of the survey type. The population for this study comprised all biology teachers in Ogbomosho. A simple random sampling technique was employed to select 262 respondents. The research instrument for this study was the Biology Teachers’ Perceptions Questionnaire on Difficult Concepts (BTPQDC). Three research questions were raised in the study. The research questions were analyzed using frequency count, percentage and cross-tabulation. The results showed that biology teachers perceived the majority of the basic concepts as not difficult. The concepts include the conservation of energy topics such as laws of thermodynamics, food chain, water cycle, micro and macro elements and holozoic nutrition Also, biology teachers perceived some reasons as the cause of difficulty in the basic concepts of biology. They include misconception of the concepts, insufficient subject-matter knowledge of the concepts, abstractness of the concepts, and complexity of the topic. 
Effects of Learning by Analogy on Senior High School Students’ Achievement in Genetics in Ilorin, Nigeria Sulaiman, Musa Mohammed; Bello, Ganiyu; Ahmed, Mulkah Adebisi
Jurnal Pendidikan Progresif Vol 12, No 3 (2022): Jurnal Pendidikan Progresif
Publisher : FKIP Universitas Lampung

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Genetics has been identified in literature as one of the hard-to-learn biological concepts despite its importance to human existence. Therefore, there is the need for students to have deep conceptual understanding of the concept. The effectiveness of analogy on proper understanding of scientific concepts abound in literature, hence, this study examined the effects of analogy instructional strategy on senior school student s’ achievement in genetics. The study was quasi-experimental with a sample of 112 students purposively selected from two intact classes. Data gathered were analysed using ANCOVA. Findings from the study revealed that a significant difference existed in the achievement of students taught genetics with analogy and those taught using the conventional teaching approach in favour of the analogy group (F(1, 109) = 20.88, p<0.05). It was therefore, recommended that biology teachers should adopt the use of analogy instructional strategy in teaching genetics and other difficult concepts in biology. Key Words: analogy, score level, senior school students’, achievement, genetics.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v12.i3.202211
Co-Authors Abimbola, Ahmatullahi Folakemi Ahmed, Abiola Tawa Alawonde, Oluseye Adegboye Bello, Ganiyu Luwoye, Akindeyi Sulaiman, Musa Mohammed