ASSESSMENT OF BASIC SCIENCE TEACHER'S COMPETENCY
IN ITEM CONSTRUCTION AND ITEM ANALYSIS IN JUNIOR
SECONDARY SCHOOL IN NASARAWA STATE
Vision 20-20-20 by Nigeria government hinged on science. The Basic Science
at junior secondary school which is the prerequisite subject at the senior level
replaced the introductory science, integrated science and Home economics.
The theme covered at this level includes environmental science, living and
non-living things, energy and technology. It is expected that the teachers
teaching this subject should be versatile in the teaching and assessment of
their students. Teacher is the knowledge giver and his role is very important
in nation development. This study therefore assessed the Basic teachers'
competencies in the area of item construction and item analysis which is
expected to aid students' performance in the subject. The study adopted
survey research design and purposively sampled 290 teachers.
Questionnaire tagged Teachers Competency (r = .89) was used for data
collection while the data was analysed using mean, standard deviation and
ANOVA. Conclusion and recommendations were made based on the result.
Key words: Teachers, Basic Science, Assessment, and Competency.
1Aduloju, M.O &2Agi, C.I.
ASSESSMENT OF BASIC SCIENCE TEACHER'S COMPETENCY IN ITEM CONSTRUCTION AND ITEM ANALYSIS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN NASARAWA STATE
Vision 20-20-20 by Nigeria government hinged on science. The Basic Science at junior secondary school which is the prerequisite subject at the senior level replaced the introductory science, integrated science and Home economics. The theme covered at this level includes environmental science, living and non-living things, energy and technology. It is expected that the teachers teaching this subject should be versatile in the teaching and assessment of their students. Teacher is the knowledge giver and his role is very important in nation development. This study therefore assessed the Basic teachers' competencies in the area of item construction and item analysis which is expected to aid students' performance in the subject. The study adopted survey research design and purposively sampled 290 teachers. Questionnaire tagged Teachers Competency (r = .89) was used for data collection while the data was analysed using mean, standard deviation and ANOVA. Conclusion and recommendations were made based on the result. Key words: Teachers, Basic Science, Assessment, and Competency.