Analysis Of Errors In Physics Practical Among Students In Nigeria

摘要

This study identified some of the common errors that frequently occur in physics practical works. Since errors cannot be absolutely avoided in measurements, an attempt has been made in this paper on the identification of the common errors and how to reduce them to the minimum. Students in preliminary science group of the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, were used for the investigation. One hundred and fifty (150) students stratified into seventy-five (75) male and seventy-five female (75) from three consecutive years were randomly selected for the exercise. Since the study attempts finding solutions to the present problems by using the existing phenomenon, the descriptive research of the survey type was adopted. The parametric student t-statistical test and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypothesis generated. The study revealed that there were differences in errors committed in three consecutive years. Also the errors committed by male and female students showed no significant differences except for errors in decimals which were significant at 0.05 level. Suggestions were made on how to avoid or reduce errors into minimum where such errors could not be avoided.