IMPACT OF LESSON PLAN AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF BIOLOGY STUDENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOL OF BUNKURE LGA

ABSTRACT This study investigated the impacts of lesson plan in teaching agricultural science in Secondary Schools in Bunkure local government Kano State. The objectives of the study were: To find out the impacts of lesson plan on Academic Performance of Biology in secondary school students in Bunkure local government area kano state. To determine the difference in performance of students taught with lesson plan (experimental) and those taught without lesson plan (control) in Secondary Schools in Bunkure local government area kano state. To compare performance between female Students taught with lesson plan (experimental) and those taught without lesson plan (control) in Secondary Schools in Bunkure local government area kano state. To determine the level of achievement of instructional objectives by the teacher using lesson plan in secondary school in Bunkure local government area kano state. The research design adopted for this study was descriptive survey design. A descriptive survey design involves systematic collection of data from all part or part of a population to determine the distribution of attribute, characteristics of people and description of the present state of affairs [Sambo Hassan 2015]. The sample size of the study was forty-eight (48) teachers (male and female) which was chosen from the total population of one hundred and ninety-two teachers, that's two (2) Biology teachers from each twenty-four (24) schools. The instrument were used for the study is questionnaire, the researcher personally issued the questionnaire systematically base on research questions to collect the information from the teachers selected in the study. Data collected were analyzed using frequencies and percentages for the Bio-data of the respondents while Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software (21) version in which researcher calculated means, standard deviation statistics were used to test the hypotheses. The results of the study revealed that there is an impacts of lesson plan on academic performance in teaching biology in secondary school students in Bunkure local government area kano state. It also determined that there is a difference in the performance of students taught with lesson plan (experimental) and those taught without lesson plan (control) in Secondary Schools in Bunkure local government area kano state. It revealed that there's differences in performance between female Students taught with lesson plan (experimental) and those taught without lesson plan (control) in Secondary Schools in Bunkure local government area kano state. It determined that the level of achievement of instructional objectives by the teacher using lesson plan in secondary school in Bunkure local government area kano state. This shows further that, utilization of various lesson plan in teaching Biology induces impactive result in teaching and learning process. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that lesson plan should be incorporated into the curriculum; and teachers should be encouraged and permitted to attend workshops and seminars where the importance, teaching aids, methods of lesson plan are discussed so as to enable them to be efficient at teaching and produce good results.