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Effectiveness of Hands-on Practical Activities in Teaching and Learning Chemistry: An Exploration of Students’ Engagement, Experience, and Academic Performance
Aloys Iyamuremye
Abstract
The current study tends to investigates students’ engagement, experience and academic performance in chemistry through the use of chemistry hands-on practical activities. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The used sample was 155 senior four and five students. A mixed research design was adopted where the data were collected from chemistry achievement test and a mixed questionnaire composed of multiple-choice questions and open-ended questions for triangulation purpose. Quantitative data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t-test) while qualitative data were analysed by interpretive analysis. The results revealed that students are engaged and have a positive experience and perception on the use chemistry practical work. In addition, the study demonstrated there was high statistically significant difference between pre-and post-test after intervention (p>0.001). However, the study did not find a statistically significant difference of performance in terms of gender and type of school with p value of 0.12 and 0.10, respectively. Some difficulties that hinder the effective utilization of chemistry practical work and their potential solutions were identified. The difficulties identified include students' insufficient chemicals, lack of enough laboratory apparatus, small laboratory space, and shortage of time allocated to the practical works. The potential solution suggested include the provision of sufficient laboratory equipment, the use of improvised materials and locally available materials, and increasing the time of conducting laboratory works.
