DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING MOTION IN PHYSICS, IBADAN, OYO-STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the development and validation of learning activities for teaching motion in Physics. The study adopted pretest posttest quasi experimental research design. The population for the study consisted of all Physics teachers in Ibadan North Local
Government Area. Forty (40)SS I Physics students from their intact classes which were selected using purposive random sampling technique .Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance and four research instruments were used for the study , titled
Instructional Package of Learning Activities (IPLA) , Physics Achievement Test (PAT), Physics Students Interest Questionnaire (PSIQ) and Physics Student Attitude Questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) . The results showed
that the use of these learning activities had significant effect on students' achievement, attitude and interest in physics. It was recommended that physics teachers be equipped with skills of developing learning activities as the use of learning activities will make the learning of physics real, easy and interesting and that physics educators in secondary school should adopt these learning activities in teaching physics to improve students' achievement, attitude and interest in physics.