Relationship Between On-site Learning and Students’ Mindfulness, Conceptual Understanding and Academic Performance in Chemistry: A Focus on the Mole-Concept

This study examines the relationship between On-site Learning and Students' Mindfulness, Conceptual Understanding and Academic Performance in Chemistry amidst Nigerians Insecurity while focusing on the Mole-Concept in Gwale secondary schools, Kano-Nigeria.The correlational research design was engaged in the study.A sample of 181respondents consisting 91-male and 90-female students, from eight secondary schools in Gwale Education Zone was drawn from the study area using Simple random sampling technique.The instruments of data collection include the Questionnaire on Classroom Attendance, Students' Mindfulness and Conceptual Understanding of Mole-Concept (QCASMCUMC) with a reliability index of 0.87 and Mole-Concept Achievement Test (MCAT) with a reliability index of 0.98.The statistics used for data analyses include; mean and Spearman's rank order Correlation.Results of the study reveal a significant influence of on-site learning on students' mindfulness as well as on-site learning on Academic performance.However, no significant influence of on-site learning was found on students' Conceptual understanding of Mole Concept.The study recommends among others that government should provide transportation allowance for students to cushion the impact of economic hardship on students' on-site learning in Gwale Zone of Kano State, Nigeria.