Students’ and Teachers’ Perception and Practice towards Laboratory Work in Chemistry Teaching-Learning: Evidence from Secondary Schools in North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia
Table 8
Students’ response on factors affecting the implementation of laboratory work.
No.
Factors
Most serious 4
Serious 3
Undecided 2
Not serious 1
F
%
F
%
F
%
F
%
1
Teachers’ tendency to use the theoretical part
126
32.5
96
24.8
68
17.5
97
25
2
Shortage of time to practice laboratory work
156
40.3
128
33
43
11.1
60
15.5
3
Students’ lack of interest in laboratory work
165
42.6
83
21.4
62
16
77
19.9
4
Lack of interest in laboratory work
123
31.7
85
21.9
96
24.8
83
21.4
5
Students’ knowledge on laboratory activities
136
35.1
123
31.7
74
19.1
54
13.9
6
Teacher knowledge on laboratory work
111
28.6
92
23.7
87
22.4
97
25
7
Some students’ dominance during laboratory work
119
30.7
108
27.9
64
16.5
96
24.8
8
Lack of involvement of students in the laboratory activities
142
36.6
126
32.5
65
16.7
54
13.9
9
The values given to lab reports are not encouraging
