ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY ON SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS ACQUISITION AMONG SCIENCE EDUCATION STUDENTS IN ADUSTECH WUDIL

Abstract

The research was conducted in order to Assess the Effect of Problem Solving Strategy Academic Science Process Skills Acquisition among Science Education Students in ADUSTECH, Wudil. Two objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated. The population of the study is made up of all the science education students in Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, (ADUSTECH), Wudil. Quasi experimental research design was adopted for the purpose of the study; employing two groups (experimental group and control group). The instrument used for data collection was a Science Process Skills Acquisition Test Questionnaire (SPSATQ). The sample for this study was composed of four subject combinations. The sample size was made up of seventy seven (77) students for the experimental group and seventy four (74) students for the control group. The data was analyzed using t-test for testing the stated hypotheses at 0.05% level of significance. The result showed that there is an improvement in science process skills acquisition among science education students in Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (ADUSTECH), Wudil. It is therefore recommended that workshops, seminars and conferences should be organized for science education teachers on the use of problem solving strategy. In conclusion the study has shown that Problem Solving Instructional Strategy is effective in the teaching of STEM subjects.