DEPARTMENTOFCURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY,

The aim of this study is to find out the influence of classroom population, attitude on students ‘achievement in Biology in some selected secondary in Oredo Local Government area of Edo state. This study reviewed works of several authors. To guide the study, four research questions were raised which are outlined thus: Does classroom Population of secondary school affect students’ achievement in Biology? Does population of classroom affect the achievement of students’ in Biology along gender? Does classroom Population influence the formative evaluation of Biology lessons? Does student’s attitude influence their academic achievement in Biology? From these four research questions 20 items were raised in the questionnaire to gather the data for this study and the questionnaire was subject to a test re-test method of reliability and a reliability coeficient of0.86 was obtained. The data collated were analyzed using the simple percentage and frequency counts. The findings from the study include: classroom population affects students’ achievement; population does not affect the achievement of students’ across gender; majority of the population agreed that students’ who concentrate more in class perform better than those who do not. And from the findings it can be concluded that that population influence the formative evaluation of Biology lessons and this is as a result of the overpopulated students whom the teacher cannot manage easily.

The aim of this study is to find out the influence of classroom population, attitude on students ‘achievement in Biology in some selected secondary in Oredo Local Government area of Edo state. This study reviewed works of several authors. To guide the study, four research questions were raised which are outlined thus: Does classroom Population of secondary school affect students’ achievement in Biology? Does population of classroom affect the achievement of students’ in Biology along gender? Does classroom Population influence the formative evaluation of Biology lessons? Does student’s attitude influence their academic achievement in Biology? From these four research questions 20 items were raised in the questionnaire to gather the data for this study and the questionnaire was subject to a test re-test method of reliability and a reliability coeficient of0.86 was obtained. The data collated were analyzed using the simple percentage and frequency counts. The findings from the study include: classroom population affects students’ achievement; population does not affect the achievement of students’ across gender; majority of the population agreed that students’ who concentrate more in class perform better than those who do not. And from the findings it can be concluded that that population influence the formative evaluation of Biology lessons and this is as a result of the over populated students whom the teacher cannot manage easily