ABSTRACT
Integrated science plays a vital role in Nigerian Science Education programme because it prepares pupils at the Junior Secondary School level for a study of core science subjects at Senior Secondary School level which in turns brings about students’ interest in science oriented courses at the tertiary institutions. The purpose of the study was to verify the impact of Sheltered Instruction on ELL’s performance in some concepts in integrated science, performance of male and female ELLS, their attitude to science and students perception of Sheltered Instruction as an instructional strategy. As an experimental research design, the study population comprised all junior secondary school two students in Lagos. Out of this population, two intact classes were drawn from Educational District 1, in Lagos State.
The instrument used for collection of data included Achievement test, Students attitude Scale on Science and an oral interview on Students’ perception on the use of Sheltered Instruction. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive Statistics .It was found that there is significant different in performance between students exposed to Sheltered Instruction in some concepts in integrated science and those not exposed. Based on this finding, the researcher recommends that Sheltered Instruction should be use a mode of instruction for science at all levels.
CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The acquisition of English language skills and proficiency has been implicated in the performance of students in the other school subjects. The importance of English language as a medium of communication in schools in Nigeria derived mainly from its utilitarian value to the larger Nigerian society. English is the official language of administration and commerce. Salami (2002).
An English language learner (ELLS) is a person who is learning the English language after acquisition of his/her native language (mother tongue). Hence the term is used to refer to learners of English as a second language (ESL) in schools where English is the language of instruction (Wikipedia, 2011).