GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The focus of this study was to examine the adoption of measurement and evaluation in science teaching. The study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The target population for this study was all science and mathematics teachers in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. A stratified sampling technique was used to select 80 science teachers and 40 mathematics teachers from public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. This gave a total of 120 respondents used in the study. The research instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled "MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN SCIENCE TEACHING QUESTIONNAIRE (MESTQ)". Face and content validation of the instrument was carried out by an expert in testing, measurement, and evaluation to ensure that the instrument has the accuracy, appropriateness, and completeness for the study under consideration. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.87, and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as percentage analysis to answer the research questions, while regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. It was discovered in the study that evaluation and measurement ascertain the effectiveness of teaching and the quality of students’ performance or achievement before, during, and at the end of the teaching and learning process. It was concluded in the study that measurement and evaluation are critical to the teaching-learning process as no teaching is meaningful without evaluation. Moreover, it was concluded that there is a significant effect of measurement and evaluation in the teaching of science subjects. One of the recommendations was that teachers should be abreast of the various techniques involved in testing, measuring, and evaluating students in their learning activities.