COMPARISON OF SCAFFOLDING AND LECTURE TEACHING METHODS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN KADUNA STATE
COMPARISON OF SCAFFOLDING AND LECTURE TEACHING METHODS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN KADUNA STATE
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2014-03
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OKPEH, Stephen Ichukwu
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Abstract
This study was undertaken to compare scaffolding and lecture instructional
methods on the performance levels of senior secondary school students in
financial accounting in kaduna state. The total population of the study was
1.659 comprising all the senior secondary school students offering financial
accounting in kaduna state. The sample size was 120 students drawn from
four in-tact classes from four different educational zones of the state. One of
the specific objectives was to compare the pre-test and post- test results
performance of the students in financial accounting. Four research
questions were drawn to guide the study while four null hypotheses were
postulated and tested . The research design of the study was based on pretest
post-test non-equivalent measure . The methods used for collecting the
data of this study were the two teaching methods (scaffolding and lecture)
methods in financial accounting test-one (FAT-1) and financial accounting
test-two (FAT-11). The test scores from the pre and post test results yielded
data for the comparative analysis.. Mean and standard deviations were used
as statistical tools to analyze the research questions. Independent t-test was
used to test null hypotheses one to four at 0.05 level of significance. One
among other findings of this study showed that scaffolding instructional
method is better than lecture teaching method in financial accounting in
public secondary schools because the students performed significantly better
under scaffolding than the lecture method. Scaffolding teaching method
among other recommendations should be used in teaching financial
accounting to students in public secondary schools in kaduna state.
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SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND
TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
MARCH, 2014
Keywords
COMPARISON, SCAFFOLDING, LECTURE TEACHING, METHODS, PERFORMANCE, SECONDARY SCHOOL, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING