CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of Study
Gender differences in Biology performances has been a great controversial issues in educational domain and research documents show great discrepancies among girls and boys performance in school biology (Springler and Alsup, 2003). Long research histories have help to show that male advantage in biology achievement is a universal phenomenon (Janson, 1996). While early research (Fennema and Sherman, 1997) indicates that males outperformed females in biology achievement of the higher school levels, there were also significant differences in attitudes towards biology between the two groups.
Many people are of the opinion that special ability and sex have a lot to do with the performance of students in biology. This might be correct but the researcher want to add that this depend on one’s family background, determination, attitude of the learner towards the subject, cultural background and teachers interest. Therefore, a male and female student will do well in biology depending on the above factors.
An efficient performance of male and female students in College of Education Warri resulting from effective teaching and learning of the subject will enable the learner to study some important courses in the universities. Some of those courses that may be offered by such students include medicine and surgery, micro-biology, zoology, botany, pharmacy, pharmacology and so on. Despite the paramount importance nation places on the teaching and learning of biology in schools, less emphasis is on gender differences in the academic performance of students in biology in College of Education, Warri.
1.2. Statement of the Problem
The society we live in has an almost gender belief that men are superior to women. The belief has been so inculcated into people that it has been brought into the classroom. Everything that is worth accepting in our fast developing society has to be verified. This is the reason why this study is being carried out to find out if any discrepancy exists between the academic performance of male and female students in biology.
There is this inherited gender in female students which affect their social stereotype view that female students are the weaker sex and so should be under the boys even in academics. This view psychologically affects these girls and may be the reason for any differences in academic performance that have been noticed in them.
1.3. Purpose of the Study
The major aim of this study is to carry out a comparative study of the effect of gender differences in the academic performance of students in biology in College of Education, Warri.
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