Students’ and Teachers’ Perception and Practice towards Laboratory Work in Chemistry Teaching-Learning: Evidence from Secondary Schools in North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia
Table 9
Teachers’ response to possible factors that affect the practice 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
3
25
3
25
6
50
2
Shortage of time to practice laboratory work
4
33.3
5
41.6
1
8.3
2
16.6
3
Students’ lack of interest in laboratory work
1
8.3
5
41.6
1
8.3
5
41.6
4
Lack of interest in laboratory work
2
16.6
2
16.6
8
66.6
5
Student knowledge of laboratory activities
1
8.3
3
25
6
50
2
16.6
6
Teachers’ knowledge of laboratory work
4
33.3
5
41.6
3
25
7
Some students’ dominance during laboratory work
2
16.6
6
50
1
8.3
3
25
8
Lack of involvement of students in the laboratory activities
3
25
5
41.6
1
8.3
3
25
9
The values given to lab reports are not encouraging
