Use of science projects to teach chemistry in secondary schools, Kenya

The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers¿ use of science projects as a method of teaching Chemistry in secondary schools in Nandi North District, Kenya. The major research objective was to investigate the extent to which chemistry teachers use projects as stipulated in the chemistry syllabus. The study also sought the factors that influence the integration of projects into the learning of chemistry and establish factors that determine the successful implementation of Chemistry projects. The study population comprised of 16 Form three Chemistry teachers and 320 Form three students in 16 selected Secondary schools in Nandi North District. The 48 schools in the District were stratified into boys and girls and mixed schools and simple random sampling approach was used to select 6 boys and 6 girls and 4 mixed schools. In each school 20 students were selected using simple random sampling technique. The instruments used to collect data were questionnaires, interviews and documentary analysis.