Abstract:
The study interrogated the effect of physics based puzzles on senior secondary school physics students' interest in Mechanics in Gwer East local government area of Benue State. The specific objectives were to; determine the effect of puzzle based games on the academic achievement of secondary school students' in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State ; find out the interest level of students' in the learning of Physics amongst males and females; consider the effect of physics based puzzle games on male and female achievement scores in Mechanics and examine the relationship of physics based games and gender amongst secondary school students' in Gwer-East local government area of the state. A quasi experimental design was adopted for the study and 120 students' were used for experimentation (quasi-experiment). Results showed that there was an effect of puzzle based games on the academic achievement of secondary school students in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State, and that the interest level of the students in the learning of Physics was insignificant amongst the male and female students. Also, the effect of physics based puzzle games male and female achievement scores in Mechanics was not significantly different, while there was no significant relationship between physics based games and gender among the students. It was concluded that; Puzzle based games should be adopted in the teaching of physics in Schoolsso as to enhance better understanding of the topic. Gender has no effect on the interest level of Students in learning of physics based puzzles in schools in Gwer East Local Government Area, and there is no relationship between physics based games and gender in secondary schools. Recommendations made were that Physics based puzzles should be used in the teaching and learning of physics in secondary school; Gender should not be a barrier to the learning of physics and Physics based puzzles have no gender selection hence suitable for all.
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