Genetics has been identified as a topic that Ghanaian students writing the Biology exam of the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations struggle with. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 149 senior high ...

Studies have shown that students in science courses often have difficulty gaining a robust understanding of physical concepts such as linear momentum and direct current. Almost the same issues have been reported on teacher ...

The West African Examinations Council has since the year 1994, alluded consistently to students inability to write correct chemical formulae and chemical equations at the SSSCE/WASSCE chemistry examinations. Studies have ...

This study investigated science process skills developed by chemistry students and assessed by West African Examination Council (WAEC) in chemistry education at the Senior High School (SHS) level in Ghana using a descriptive ...

There are current concerns about genetically modified organisms, DNA fingerprinting, and cloning, all of which hinge on understanding genetics. Therefore, much attention has been given to research into the teaching and ...

The study was intended to design and develop the participatory teaching and learning approach (PTLA) to the teaching and learning of oxidation-reduction reactions. The research approach for the study was design-based ...

A total of 3,342 Form Two students from 69 intact classes were randomly chosen along with their 57 teachers from the ten public Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The students and their teachers were engaged ...

The use of practical activities in science has been accepted as part of the science teaching and learning in Ghanaian Senior Secondary Schools albeit for different reasons. Over the years, the West African Examination Council ...

The study investigated students and their mathematics teachers’ understanding of addition of fractions in three school contexts. The study was in three aspects: first is the understanding of addition of fractions; second ...

The study investigated the status of teaching and learning of science in junior secondary schools. An embedded mixed methods design, survey design and case study design were employed. The study involved 36 basic science ...