CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION The technological advancement of any country depends on the scientific background of such country. Chemistry teaching practical to be précised has been faced with a lot of problems. More atempts have been made to find solutions to these problems. Accordingly, Nigeria students, studying chemistry are expected to be taught what chemistry is […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION background of the Study Simkins cited in Adeyemi (2008) argued that the education system is a productive system that has outputs. The outputs are generally defined in terms of students’ test scores which denote academic achievement (Worthington, 2001). Simkins expressed that the components of an education system could be represented in an […]
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction The world is living in the age of science and technology and our activities are being controlled and fashioned by science with the ultimate goal of transforming our society into a scientific and technological one so that its members can live conveniently in this modern age. Science has really revolutionalised many […]
CHAPTER ONE Introduction Chemistry as one of the physical sciences deals with the nature of matter; its properties and its changes in different conditions. Chemistry according to Zohar (2004) should be studied to improve man‘s knowledge and enhance his understanding of his environment for his survival. The subject as shown by Ezeliora (2010) is at […]
CHAPTER ONE Introduction Chemistry can be defined as the study of matter. It can be seen as a branch of science which deals with the study of composition, properties and uses of matter (Ababio, 2007). It probes into the principles governing the changes matter undergoes, the complexity of nature and changes that take place in […]