Student-Lecturer Variables and Low Performance of Students' in Genetics: A Case Study of Course in Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Teaching, learning, Chromosome, GeneticsAbstract
This study examined the causes of students' low performance in genetics as a
course in Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo. A total of 100 students was
drawn using stratified random sampling technique from different levels in the
Department of Biology. The reliability estimate through test-retest method was
0.86. The results confirm that the performance of students in other biological
courses was better than genetics courses. However, it was observed among others
that the causes of students' low performance in genetics as a course in Adeyemi
College of Education, Ondo is as a result of abstractive presentation of lessons,
verbose terminologies and lack of simplification of concepts. It was therefore
concluded that enough time should be allocated for practicals than thoeries in
genetics to enable the students’ gain courage and better understanding, which
can improve the low performance of students in genetics courses, especially in
institutions of higher learning.
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