Effect of Pretest, Feedback and Overview Strategies on Students’ Academic Achievement in Ecology in Federal Capital Territory - Abuja.

Abstract

This study investigated the effectiveness of Pre-test, Feedback and Overview (PFO) strategy on students’ achievement in ecology concepts. Ecology concepts have been identified as one of the perceived difficult concepts in Senior Secondary biology national core-curriculum. Sample size of 100 SSII biology students randomly assigned as experimental and control groups were used. Pretest results were used to establish the equivalence between the 2 groups (experimental and control). Three null hypotheses were tested at P< 0.05 level of significance using t-test statistic. The results included a significant difference between experimental and control groups in favour of experimental group, and PFO is not sex-dependent in teaching ecology concepts. It was therefore, recommended among others that school authorities should organise workshops and seminars to popularize PFO strategy and equip Science teachers with Skills of using PFO strategy.