Impact of Hands-On Activities on Students’ Academic Achievement in Science and Technical Education in College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
Abstract
This study investigated the Impact of Hands-On Activities on Students’ Academic Achievement in Science and Technical Education in College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research method. The target population for the study was all the science subject combinations and technical Education Students of College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. A sample of one hundred NCE students was selected for the study. The only instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. 100 copies of the questionnaire were administered on the NCE Science subjects combination and Technical Education Students. Frequency and simple percentage were used to analyse the demographic data of the respondents collected from the questionnaire while the hypotheses were tested using Pearson Correlation Analysis. It was concluded that hands-on activities has strong impact on classroom concentration of science and technical Education Student of College of Education Students, hands-on activities influenced and catalysed knowledge retention of science and technical education students, hands-on activities had impact on creativity ability of of science and technical education students, and hands-on activities enhanced and improved problem solving skills of science and technical education students. Based of the findings, appropriate recommendations were made.
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