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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to investigate the students understanding about some aspects of organic chemistry and to determine their related misconceptions. To achieve the objective of this study three research questions were raised and examined.
The study adopted the descriptive survey research design with a population and sample size of ninety (90) chemistry students’ selected from two secondary schools in Ovia north east local government in Edo state using the census sampling technique. The instrument for the study was a 10- item questionnaire adapted from Senior School Certificate Examination pass questions. The instrument was validated using the face and content approach while the test re-test reliability approach was used to ascertain the reliability of the instrument. Data were analyzed using frequency count and simple percentage.
Findings from the study revealed that Chemistry student have poor conception of Organic Chemistry, that very many students have misconceptions about Organic Chemistry, and that female Chemistry student have more misconceptions in Organic Chemistry than their male counterparts. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that school management should ensure that qualified teachers are employed to teach students Organic chemistry so they any effectively handle any misconceptions, Government should make provisions for good and accessible chemistry laboratories for students for better understanding of Organic Chemistry and that teachers should spend sufficient time to explore the likely misconceptions that students may have prior to teaching any new concepts in chemistry and other science subjects generally. They can consider the students existing misconceptions or conceptions in chemistry/science.
