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Direct linkHenry, Collette; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2006
This study was designed to find out if (a) the level of performance of selected Jamaican preservice primary teachers on perimeter, area and area-perimeter was satisfactory; (b) there were significant differences in their performance on each of the three concepts based on their gender, cohort, age and mathematical abilities; and (c) there were…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Demography
Kelly, Dennis; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2005
This study was designed to find out if students taught food and nutrition concepts using the lecture method and practical work would perform significantly better than their counterparts taught with the lecture and teacher demonstrations and the lecture method only. The sample comprised 114 Jamaican 10th-graders (56 boys, 58 girls) selected from…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Experimental Groups, Nutrition, Objective Tests
Relationships among Six Variables of Some Jamaican Eleventh-Graders and Their Performance in Biology
Clayton-Johnson, Miriam; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2005
This study was designed to ascertain if (a) the level of biology performance of the selected 393 Jamaican 11th-graders (188 boys, 205 girls)--who constituted the main study's sample--was satisfactory or not; (b) there were statistically significant differences in their performance linked to their gender, attitudes towards biology, learning styles,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Cognitive Style, Science Achievement, Biology
Blair-Walters, Shonette; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2004
This study investigates whether or not (a) 252 Jamaican high school students (168 boys, 84 girls, 171 grade 10 and 81 grade 11 students) had favourable attitudes to biology, (b) their level of biology performance was satisfactory, (c) there were significant differences in their performance based on their gender, grade level, school-type,…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Achievement, Performance Tests, Biology
Ellis-Hall, Nadine; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2004
This study sought to find out if (a) the performance of 113 Jamaican 11th-graders on a mole concept test was satisfactory or not; (b) there were significant differences in their performance linked to their chemical and mathematical abilities, gender and socioeconomic background (SEB); and, (c) there were significant relationships among the four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts
Stockhausen, Novia; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2004
This study assessed the level of integrated science performance of 200 Jamaican ninth-graders (100 boys, 100 girls), and determined if there were significant differences in their performance linked to their gender, attitudes to science, school location and student-type. A science achievement test and attitudes to science questionnaire were used…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
