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Nigerian Pre-Service Teachers’ Science Anxiety
Integrated Science Department, School of Science, Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu, Nigeria
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Abstract
This study investigated science anxiety of two groups of would-be science teachers. A 20-item Science Anxiety Rating Scale (SARS) adopted from Bursal (2008) was used to gather data from the selected stu dents. 360 science education students drawn from a college of education and faculty of education of a university in South-western part of Nigeria participated in the study. The sample comprised 200 (55.56%) of the final year Bachelor’s degree in education and 160 (45.44%) of the final year Nigerian Certificate in Education students respectively. Finding of this study revealed that there was statistically significant dif ference in the science anxiety of the two categories of would-be science teachers.
KeywordsAnxietyBachelor DegreeNCESciencePre-Service Teachers
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