EFFECTS OF THINK PAIR SHARE TEACHING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN MINNA METROPOLIS OF NIGER STATE.

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of think-pair share teaching strategy on academic achievement in Biology, among Senior Secondary School in Minna, Metropolis of Niger State. In order to obtain the pertinent information required two research questions and two null hypothesis was set to guide the study. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design approach with two groups, control group and experimental group which are those taught with conventional method and those taught with Think-Pair Share approach. The population of the study consist of 3,387 SSIII Biology students in 2019/2020 academic session. The sample size comprises of ninety five (95) SS III students .The instrument used to generate data for the study was Inheritance Concept Achievement Test (ICAT). The findings on the achievement test score shows that experimental group (think pair share) did better than the control group (conventional method), also male in the experimental group did not give better gap than their female counter part in the same group. Findings of the study revealed there is significant difference in the level of achievement in the performance of students taught biology using think pair share and those taught using conventional method therefore, null hypothesis was rejected. The findings of the study also revealed that there is no significant difference in the male and female gain scores in the performance of students taught Biology with exposure to think pair share, hence the null hypothesis two was accepted. The researcher there by recommended that the secondary school management should incorporate the teaching and learning Biology with aid of think pair share, ministry of education should also set the school curriculum to permit use think pair share to student and government should also fund think pair share for secondary school student to enhance their learning of science subject especially Biology.