ISC 112 covers 40 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study
sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked
answers for each one.
The science methodology component of the course acts as a bridge between the more formal
What is special about science? These questions loosely correspond to cognitive and developmental
HOW DO CHILDREN LEARN SCIENCE?"
0 A Brief Introduction
1 History and philosophy of Integrated Science;
2 Traditional African ideas;
3 Behaviorism;
4 Constructivism;
0 CURRENT OR RECENT COMPETING THEORIES ON LEARNING
Their implications for the Science Curriculum;
1 Skinner's behavioral ideas;
2 The Bloom taxonomy of educational objectives;
3 Gagne's ideas;
4 Piagetian Stage theory;
5 Brunner's ideas;
6 Ausubel and the alternative conceptions movement;
7 Application of education theories to science teaching.
This will demonstrate to students that our best theories are only, provisional and arise out of several
0 EVIDENCE FROM RESEARCH
1 Stages of cognitive development and the cognitive demands of science curricula;
2 Children’s alternative conceptions;
3 Scientific concepts;
4 Science Education research from Nigeria.
This will give students a feel for the empirical evidence that must be gathered to test and develop
1SC 113 INTRODUCTIONS TO SCIENTIFIC METHODS
Objective;
Definition of science, ethics and science process skills as ways of finding but about the
0 OBSERVATION
1 Senses and related organs
2 Use of senses to make and record observations
3 Uses of Aids such as microscope, hand lens, telescope, glasses, hearing Aids
MEASUREMENT
Standard S.I. units and common related units for measurement of length, area, volume, mass,
Apparatus and instruments for measurement in the units specified in 2.1.
CLASSIFICATION
Grouping or classifying /objects in the environment by colour, shape, behaviour and other
Classification of living things: plants .and animals; vertebrates and invertebrates; groups of
0 ETHICS OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES
Knowing the ethics of science and developing scientific attitudes know the assumptions of science
SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS
A sample from this course
One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.
The science methodology component of the course acts as a bridge between the more formal
This topic focuses on the role of science methodology as the connecting link between formal scientific knowledge and the actual teaching and learning of science in classrooms. For examination purposes, you must understand that methodology is not just about teaching techniques; it translates scientific ideas, processes, and attitudes into learnable experiences for students.
What you get for ISC 112
Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.