METHODOLOGICAL STRATEGIES USED IN CHEMISTRY TEACHING

Based on the quantitative methodology with focus on correlational design the present study has as main objective to determine the association between the methodological strategies used in the teaching of Chemistry and the academic performance of students of three secondary schools in the province of Maputo Mozambique.In this sense a Likert scale survey was applied to 178 tenth grade students of which 82 were males and 96 were females aged between 14 and 19 years. Likewise through the exploratory factor analysis it was possible to identify two factors linked to the teaching style and evaluation dimensions. The first factor expresses behavioral strategies and the second factor reflects the evaluative strategies applied by the teacher in the teaching and learning process of chemistry.