This study explored classroom discourse patterns of perceived difficult topics in biology such as classification of living organisms, mitosis and meiosis at senior secondary level in selected secondary schools of Luapula Province in Zambia. A collective case study design was used and data was...
Download PDF ↓This study investigated the teaching of genetics in selected secondary schools of Kitwe District in order to determine causes of poor performance in genetics questions in the biology examinations held at the end of senior secondary education. This study was guided by the following questions: Who...
Download PDF ↓Although the general view is that biology is the easiest science subject to learn, examination results have shown that many pupils fail biology at end of grade 12. The purpose of the study was therefore to investigate the nature and causes of learning difficulties pupils experience in biology in...
Download PDF ↓One major difficult pupils experience in science classes concerns the science that they learn having no immediate link or appeal to what they use, see or touch in everyday life. The science, particularly chemistry, learnt in this way is always considered difficult and abstract by the pupils. A...
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