Abstract
The study examined effect of guided discovery teaching method on academic achievement of Upper Basic education students in English Studies in the South-South zone of Nigeria. It was a quasi- experimental research. Two intact classes were randomly selected to constitute a sample size of 100 students for a control and experimental group. Treatment lasted for four weeks and test scores were used as data. Research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while ANCOVA was used to test the hypotheses. Results showed that guided discovery teaching method had an increasing positive effect on academic achievement of the students while gender was not a significant factor in this. Recommendations were that teachers should adopt this teaching method in lesson preparation/presentation, school administrators should structure the time table to allow its adoption, while education planners will find the study a good reference material for curriculum renovation and design amongst others. Keywords: guided discovery, teaching method, academic achievement, English Studies. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-29-12 Publication date: October 31 st 2020
Highlights
The achievement of desired instructional or educational goals at the end of a lesson or an educational programme is always assessed by academic achievement and learners’ attitude in a given situation
What is the effect of guided discovery teaching method on achievement score of Upper Basic II students in English studies?
Discussion of the results Results obtained from the study indicate that guided discovery teaching method has an increasing positive effect on students’ achievement in Upper Basic II English studies
Summary
The achievement of desired instructional or educational goals at the end of a lesson or an educational programme is always assessed by academic achievement and learners’ attitude in a given situation. The guided discovery teaching method will be administered as treatment meant to produce an observable result or consequence in favour or against male and female upper basic II students’ academic achievement. It becomes necessary to find out if guided discovery teaching method can have an increasing positive effect on academic achievement of male and female basic students in English studies. 2. What is the effect of guided discovery teaching method on the mean achievement score of male and female Upper Basic II students in English Studies?. HO1 There is no significant effect of guided discovery teaching method on the mean achievement score of Upper Basic II students in English studies. HO4 There is no significant effect of guided discovery teaching method on the mean achievement scores of male and female Upper Basic II students in English Studies. The data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance
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