Abstract:
This
research
work was carried out to investigate
the difficult concepts in
chemistry and the
ir
effect
s
on the achievement of student
s’ in some secondary
schools in Sokoto metropolis.
Criteria used in selecting schools were stratified
random selection in which Five
(5) schools were selected within Sokoto metropolis comprising of two (2) all
female school, two (2) all
male school and a mixed school so as to determine
whether there is significance gender difference in students’ perception of difficult
concepts in chemistry.
Analysis of the data
collected reveals that;
concepts
students
perceived as difficult
in chemistry
and gender differences
has little or no effect in the academic
achievement
s
of students’.
