Examining the Effect of Laboratory Resources on the Teaching and Learning of Physics in Senior Secondary Schools in Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja, Nigeria
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Senior Secondary School,, Laboratory, Physics. Pre-serviceAbstract
This study examines the effect of laboratory and resources on the teaching and learning of physics in senior
secondary schools in Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja. The sample of the study consisted of 200 respondents.
Questionnaire was used to collect data and simple random sampling technique was used for the study. Major
findings revealed that the use of laboratory facilities stimulates reality and it promotes greater acquisition of
skills and longer retention of facts i.e. student’s academic performance increases when they learn practically
than theoretically and three in every five Government Senior Secondary schools in Gwagwalada Area Council of
FCT Abuja have adequate time for practical classes allocated in their curriculum. The researcher recommended
that Teachers’ Training Institutions should intensify efforts in exposing pre-service physics teachers to all the
rudiments of laboratory managements, The Department of Education of Gwagwalada Area Council should organize
symposiums for trainees and school administrators and authorities to highlight the need to utilize laboratory time
in Senior Secondary Schools.
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