Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 13, Issue 1, Article 14 (Jun., 2012) Emmanuel Ikechuku ABAMBA Content coverage and students’ achievements in secondary school physics: The Delta state example of Nigeria Previous Contents Next

Instruments

Two instruments were used for the study:

i. Physics Content Coverageing Scale (PCCRS).

ii. Physics Achievement Tests (PAT).

For Physics content coverage rating scalePCCRS). There are 19 broad topics listed for coverage in the senior secondary (ii) scheme. These nineteen topics had a total of 89 concepts to be considered spanning through the three terms. Each concept were listed in the terms they are to be taught and the teachers were asked to state if each content was either Totally Covered (TC), Partly Covered (PC) or Not Taught (NT). PAT was designed in the form of the exam conducted by the state ministry of education. It contains thirty (30) objective questions and five theoretical questions. The students are required to answer only four from the theoretical and respond to the thirty objective questions.