EFFECTS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY WITH MODELS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION OF BIOLOGY CONCEPTS AMONG PRE-NATIONAL DIPLOMA STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE
EFFECTS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY WITH MODELS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION OF BIOLOGY CONCEPTS AMONG PRE-NATIONAL DIPLOMA STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE
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2012-11
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Rebecca, Ronke OLAREWAJU
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Cooperative Learning Strategy with
Models on Academic Achievement and Retention of some Biology Concepts among Pre-ND
students in Kaduna State. A randomly selected sample of 100 students from the four Federal
Monotechnical Colleges in Kaduna State made up the subjects for the study. These subjects were
divided into four groups; three experimental and one control. A pretest administered to the
subjects established their equivalent ability. Quasi experimental control design was adopted. The
instrument used for data collection, the Biology Achievement Test (BAT) was developed by the
researcher and validated by biology education specialists. The BAT has reliability coefficient (r)
.89. The subjects in the experimental groups were exposed to treatment, while the subjects in
control groups were taught using the traditional lecture method, for a period of six weeks in each
case. Six research questions were raised while six null hypotheses were formulated and tested
using t test statistics at P≤ 0.05 level of significance. The major findings from this study included
a significant difference in achievement of biology concepts between the experimental groups and
the control group in favour of the experimental groups. There was a significant difference in the
retention of biology concepts between the experimental groups and the control group in favor of
the experimental groups. The experimental groups retained biology concepts better than the
control group. Based on these findings, it was recommended, among others, that lecturers should
be encouraged to use models along with cooperative learning strategy in the teaching of biology
concepts in tertiary institutions.
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CHAPTER ONE
THE PROBLEM
1.1 Introduction
Description
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE
SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD
OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN
SCIENCE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
NOVEMBER, 2012
Keywords
EFFECTS,, COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY, COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY, MODELS., PRE-NATIONAL DIPLOMA STUDENTS,, KADUNA STATE