Effects of Activity-Based Instructional Facilities Utilization on the Learning Experiences of Secondary School Biology Students in Education District Two of Lagos state

Abstract

This study focused on finding out the effects of activity based instructional facilities utilization on learning experiences of senior secondary biology students in education district 2, Lagos State. Four research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated. Ten senior secondary II biology students were randomly selected from the twenty seven public secondary schools in the district together with their teachers. Again 30 students were randomly selected from each school through balloting giving a total of300 students out of which 292 submitted their questionnaire. (n = 292 student and 10 teachers). The two major instruments used were both students’ and teachers’ questionnaires with oral interview for the biology teachers. The instruments were administered by the researcher. Tables, percentages and Bar graph was used in the analysis of the research questions while t-test was used to analyze the research hypotheses. At the end of the analysis, the first null hypothesis was significant and the hypothesis rejected while the second hypothesis was retained. The findings revealed that activity based instructional facilities enhanced the academic performance of biology students and that there was no significant difference in the attitudes of both male and female towards learning biology. It was recommended that biology teachers should endeavour to employ activity oriented instructional facilities when teaching.