EFFECT OF ACTIVITY AND CONVENTIONAL TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
EFFECT OF ACTIVITY AND CONVENTIONAL TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2021-03
Authors
AYUBA, Sunday Charles
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Abstract
The study investigated the effect of Activity and conventional teaching methods on students‟
performance and retention in Agricultural Science in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna
State Nigeria. Five objectives were used to carry out the study. These include to determine
the effect of Activity-Based method of teaching on students‟ performance in Agricultural
science in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State, ascertain the retention ability of
students‟ taught Agricultural Science using Activity-Based method and those taught using
Conventional teaching method in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State, The objectives
were transformed into five corresponding research question and hypotheses. The research
adopted the quasi-experimental design of pre-test, post-test. The sample size for the study
comprised 244 SSII Agricultural Science students‟ selected using purposive sampling
techniques. The instrument used for data collection in the study was a structured
Agricultural Science performance test (ASPT) designed by the researcher. The instrument
consisted of forty-five (45) multiple-choice test items. The drafted instrument was validated
by the researcher supervisors and two experienced Agricultural Science experts one from
Amadu Bello University and Kaduna State Ministry of Education. The validated instrument
was pilot tested using test-retest, the data collected from the pilot study were analysed using
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and a reliability coefficient of 0.70 was
obtained. The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using both descriptive and
inferential statistical techniques. Frequency and percentage were used to analyse the biodata
of the respondents‟, while the mean and standard deviation was used to answer the
research questions. Independent sample t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of
significance. Findings from the study among others revealed that the performance of
students‟ taught Agricultural Science using Activity-Based teaching method was
significantly better than those taught using conventional teaching method, that the students‟
taught Agricultural Science using Activity-Based teaching method retain the learned
concepts for a long time than their counterparts taught using conventional method, The
study concluded that Activity-Based method of teaching has a facilitating effect on the
performance of students. The following recommendations were made among others, that
teachers of Agricultural Science should explore Activity-Based method to their advantage in
enhancing effectiveness in the classroom teaching and consequently engender student better
performance, the teaching style by Agricultural Science teachers should be based on
guiding, directing and facilitating while students‟ should do the real work by themselves.
This would enable them to discover new ideas and skills in solving problems.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUIDIES, IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER DEGREE IN EDUCATION (CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND CURRICULUM,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
EFFECT OF ACTIVITY,, CONVENTIONAL TEACHING,, STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE,, RETENTION,, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE,, SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS,, KADUNA STATE,, NIGERIA