Imperative of Environment in Science Learning
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Aina, Jacob Kola, Physics Department, College of Education (T) Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria.
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Philip, Yamma Joseph, Physics Department, College of Education (T) Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria.
This paper reviewed poor performance of students in science due to inappropriate teaching method, lack of facilities, insufficient resources, structuring of the curriculum and many more. Highlight of importance of environment; environment aided inquiry base learning and importance of environment to improvisation of science teaching materials were fully discussed. The paper was concluded by stressing the importance of environment to sound science learning and offered some recommendations base on the conclusion.
Improvisation, Environment, Inquiry, Learning, Academic Performance
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