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Table 3: Teaching and learning of natural science

Statement

Frequencies

Percentage

When teaching I usually

• Deal with facts and real life situations

• Deal with ideas and theories

467

8713

It is more imortant to me to

•

Lay out the material in clear sequential steps

•

Give an overall picture and relate the material to other

3021

5941

Though 87% of the teachers indicated that they deal with facts and real life

situations as shown above, findings from the 22 observed classrooms show

that 88% of the teachers facilitated connections between prior knowledge and

new learning while 12% did not. In several classrooms teachers began their

lesson by asking a few questions related to the previous lesson. In some

classrooms teachers introduced the new lesson by writing the topic on the

board and then asked questions about it. The paraphrased interchange below

illustrates this point.