IMPACT OF TWO MODE OF TEACHING STRATEGY ON JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST IN BASIC TECHNOLOGY IN NIGER STATE

Abstract

The study was designed to determine the impact of two mode of teaching strategy on junior secondary school students’ achievement and interest in Basic Technology in Niger State. The design of this research study is quasi-experimental design. The study was carried out in Junior Secondary Schools in Minna Educational zone. The population of this study was Junior Secondary School II (JSS II) students of basic technology in Minna Educational Zone of Niger State. The Basic Technology Achievement Test (BTAT) and Basic Technology Interest Inventory (BTII) were as the instrument for data collection. BTAT and BTII were trial test on thirty-one JSSII students from Government Secondary School, Bida. Thus an internal consistency estimate of 0.98 and 0.93was calculated for BTAT and BTII. Mean and standard deviations was used to analyze the research questions. while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha levels of significance. The findings revealed that peer-teaching yielded a significant difference on students’ achievement in basic technology than conventional (lecture) teaching method, that cooperative learning yielded a significant difference on students’ achievement in basic technology than peer-teaching and that peer-teaching comparatively enhanced students’ interest in learning basic technology than the conventional (lecture) teaching method. Consequently, the research recommended that; Cooperative learning and peer – teaching should be emphasized and incorporated into the basic technology curriculum. The principles guiding the effective use of the two teaching approaches should be taught to the student-teachers; Professional Associations like the Science Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (STAN) should popularize the effective use of cooperative learning and peer-teaching in teaching basic technology through seminars, work-shops, conferences and publications among others.