THE USE OF SERVICE LEARNING IN ENHANCING PERIODIC TABLE KNOWLEDGE OFF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHEMISTRY STUDENTS WITHIN SOKOTO STATE METROPOLIS.

Student: Umar Muhammad Buhari
Supervisor: Dr Faruk Aliyu
HOD: Dr Hadiza Ahmad Gusau
Department of Science Education
Education
Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Sokoto State

Abstract

This study, determined the effects of Conventional Learning Strategy (CLS) and Service Learning Strategy (SLS) on periodic table knowledge of senior secondary school (SSS) students in Sokoto state metropolis, Nigerian. The moderating effects of gender and school type were also examined. The study adopted a pretest-posttest, control group, quasi experimental design with 3x2x2 factorial matrix Six SS 1, three each were purposively selected. Periodic table knowledge scale (KR = 690) and Instructional Guide for each of the strategies were the instruments used for the study. Data were analysed using Analysis of Covariance, and Scheffe Post-hoc-test at 0.05 level of significance. Treatment had a significant main effect on students' periodic table knowledge (F(2.524) = 58.08; p

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