RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGY AND SCIENCE EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ZOOLOGY COURSE

Abstract

This study investigated on the relationship between active learning strategy and science education undergraduate university students’ performance in zoology course. The study was carried out among undergraduate higher institution students in Biology Education. Two purposes of study, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlation survey. The sample for this study comprised the Biology Education students in the Department of Science Education. All the 200 to 400 level   undergraduates’ students in the Department of Science Education Biology option (78 male and 387 female) were used totaling to 465 undergraduate students. Two instruments were used for data collection. They are Active Learning Strategy Scale (ALSS) adopted from Grace Fayombo (2012) and the Student Performance on ZOO 201 were used. The Active Learning Strategy Scale (ALSS) which shows a consistent reliability of 0.733 using Cronbach alpha. The data were collected using ALSS and students’ performance on ZOO 201. The data was analysed using Pearson product moment r and R² were used to answer research question and ANOVA (linear and multiple) regression to test the null hypotheses at 0.05. The findings revealed among others that low positive relationship exist between active learning strategy and science education undergraduate university students’ performance in zoology. However, there is no significant relationship between active learning strategy and science education undergraduate university students’ performance in zoology. It was concluded that low positive relationship exists between active learning strategy and science education undergraduate university students’ performance in zoology however, there is no significant relationship between active learning strategy and science education undergraduate university students’ performance in zoology. From the conclusion, recommendations were made.