Effect of Power–Point Instructional Strategy on Junior Private Secondary School Students Achievement in Social Studies

Adesipe Muyiwa

doi:10.7176/jep/12-1-01

Abstract

The paper is all about the effect of PowerPoint Instructional strategy on selected Junior Private Secondary School Students’ achievement in Social Studies. The paper examined various definitions of PowerPoint by different scholars and authorities and all traced the origin of PowerPoint dated back as 1987. The existence of PowerPoint was traced to Robert Gaskins which was originally called ‘Presenter’ and released under a company called ‘Forethought’. The effects of PowerPoint were vividly discussed, to show us the extent to which it has recovered its achievement in the teaching – learning process. Effect of PowerPoint instructional Strategy on selected Junior Private Secondary School Students’ achievement in social studies was determined using a pretest, post-test quasi-experimental design. Four private secondary schools were selected from different local government areas in Ibadan metropolis. The research Instrument used in this research work was Social Studies Achievement Test (SAT). A pre-test was conducted for the two groups (group A and B) after which the researcher taught the two groups with different approaches but the same topics. Group A was taught with PowerPoint presentation and group B was taught with conventional method.The Instrument Comprised of fifteen (15) test items with five options a to e. After the lesson, the same test were administered to both groups and the researcher obtained data from the instrument. Keywords: PowerPoint, Instructional strategy, social studies, achievement. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-1-01 Publication date: January 31 st 2021

Highlights

For effective teaching and learning, teachers and learners ought to employ different ways and means which will appeal to the senses of the students in the classroom
In Social Studies, the use of instructional media is essential to support learning because Social Studies is concerned about natural and social phenomena which cannot be expressed without the support of graphics map, video, pictures and so on
(a) There is no significant difference between the mean scores of students taught using Power-point and these taught using conventional methods on population studies and Family education

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Introduction

For effective teaching and learning, teachers and learners ought to employ different ways and means which will appeal to the senses of the students in the classroom. Necessary stimuli must be provided by the teacher in order to elicit the desired response from the students. Information and Communication Technology materials are no doubt most effective in stimulating these senses. These senses include hearing, smelling, feeling and sight. According to Jaber (1997) “the importance of instructional media for both teachers and students cannot be overemphasized. In Social Studies, the use of instructional media is essential to support learning because Social Studies is concerned about natural and social phenomena which cannot be expressed without the support of graphics map, video, pictures and so on

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