Students’ and Teachers’ Perception and Practice towards Laboratory Work in Chemistry Teaching-Learning: Evidence from Secondary Schools in North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia
Table 3
Student response on the practice of laboratory work.
No.
Items
Always = 5
Often = 4
Sometimes = 3
Rarely = 2
Never = 1
F
%
F
%
F
%
F
%
F
%
1
Laboratory work is practiced in chemistry classes
55
14.2
14
3.6
106
27.3
152
39.2
60
15.5
2
How often do you practice laboratory activities?
16
4.1
42
10.8
131
33.8
144
37.2
54
13.9
3
I had experience of laboratory work
37
9.5
30
7.7
81
20.9
94
24.2
145
37.4
4
I participate actively in the laboratory session
109
28.1
65
16.7
89
22.9
74
19.1
50
12.9
5
Teachers participate actively in the laboratory work
53
13.7
62
16
59
15.2
63
16.2
150
38.7
6
Laboratory work makes us responsible for our own learning
181
46.7
101
26.1
49
12.6
28
7.2
28
7.2
7
Laboratory work requires a lot of time
121
31.2
85
21.9
86
22.2
61
15.7
34
8.7
8
The implementation of laboratory work requires well-trained teachers
236
60.9
75
19.3
31
8
22
5.6
23
5.9
9
In the report, we write exactly what the teacher tells us
128
33
83
21.4
82
21.1
60
15.5
34
8.7
10
We comment on the results and discuss how it can be improved
