CLASSROOM INTERACTION LEVELS AND STUDENTS ATTITUDE TOWARDS BASIC SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONDO STATE

Abstract

The study investigated classroom interaction levels and students attitude towards Basic Science in junior secondary school in Ondo State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised all junior secondary schools students in Ondo State. The sample size consisted of 18 teachers and 361 junior secondary school two (JSII) students in their intact classes who were selected using multistage sampling procedure. Two instruments titled “Basic Science Classroom Interaction Rating Scale” (BSCIRS) and “Students Attitude in Basic Science Questionnaire” (SABSQ) were used for the study. The results showed that 38.89% of the schools in the area had low classroom interaction; 55.5% of the schools had moderate classroom interaction and 5.56% of the schools had high classroom interaction. The result also showed that there was influence of classroom interaction on students' attitude towards Basic Science (r=0.152; n=361; p<0.05). The study concluded that classroom interaction level in Basic Science classrooms in junior secondary schools in Ondo State was average and that there was influence of classroom interaction on students' attitude towards Basic Science in Ondo State.