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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dc.contributor.authorAYUBA, Sunday Charles
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-27T07:52:19Z
dc.date.available2021-10-27T07:52:19Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.descriptionA 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, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12674
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEFFECT OF ACTIVITY,en_US
dc.subjectCONVENTIONAL TEACHING,en_US
dc.subjectSTUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE,en_US
dc.subjectRETENTION,en_US
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCE,en_US
dc.subjectSENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleEFFECT OF ACTIVITY AND CONVENTIONAL TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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