EFFECTS OF ACTIVITY-BASED TEACHING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN BASIC SCIENCE CONCEPTS AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
EFFECTS OF ACTIVITY-BASED TEACHING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN BASIC SCIENCE CONCEPTS AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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2012-06
Authors
IWUJI, Ngozi
Pauline
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Abstract
The study investigated effects of Activity-Based teaching strategy on
academic achievement and retention in Basic Science concepts among
junior secondary two students. A sample of 80 JS 2 Basic Science
students were randomly selected made up of 37 male and 43 female, pre –
tested and categorized into experimental and control groups. The subjects
in the experimental group were taught measurement concepts using the
Activity-Based teaching strategy and their achievement and retention
abilities were compared with that of the control group who were taught
same concepts using lecture method. Pretest, post test and postpost test
data were analyzed to determine the group equivalence, achievement and
retention abilities of the students in the experimental and the control
groups. Three hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics of P-value
0.05 and the following major findings were made: Students exposed to
Activity-Based teaching strategy i.e. (Experimental group) achieved
significantly higher than their counterparts taught using lecture method.
Students exposed to Activity-Based instructional strategy retained the
learnt concepts significantly better than their counterparts exposed to
lecture instructional strategy; there was no significant difference in
academic achievement between the male and female students exposed to
Activity-Based and lecture instructional strategies. On the basis of these
findings, some recommendations were made, one of which is that
teachers of Basic science should use Activity-Based instructional strategy
in their teaching as it enhances achievement and retention among JSS2
students.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
OF MASTERS DEGREE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
Keywords
EFFECTS OF ACTIVITY-BASED,, TEACHING STRATEGY,, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT,, RETENTION,, BASIC SCIENCE CONCEPTS,, AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.