EFFECT OF STUDENT-INTERACTION PATTERNS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BASIC TECHNOLOGY IN EDO STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Jane Itohan Oviawe

doi:10.32890/jtom2020.15.1.1

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of student-interaction patterns on studentsacademic performance in Basic Technologyin Edo State junior secondary schoolsusing non-equivalent control group quasi experimental research design. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study was conducted in Edo State. A sample size of 138 vocational II students was drawn using purposive sampling technique and used for the study. Three groups were used for this study; they are student-student interaction, student-teachers interaction and student material interaction patterns. The instrument for data collection was Basic Technology Achievement Test (BTAT). The research questions were answered using Mean and standard deviation while Analysis of Covariance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. Findings from the study revealed that there was significant mean effect of instructional strategies on students mean performance score in Basic Technology; there was no significant mean effect of gender on students’ Meanperformance score in Basic Technology. In line with the findings of the study, the educational implication of the findings were highlighted and it was recommended among others that Basic Technologyteachers should be trained on how best to involve students in student-student interaction patterns during instructions to facilitate students’ academicperformance in the subject. This could be achieved through in-service training such as conferences, seminars and workshops for technical teachers.

Highlights

Basic Technology is the only core prevocational subjects at the junior secondary school level in Nigeria which seeks to expose students to the world of work through exploration
The findings of hypothesis 2 revealed that there was no significant difference between the post-test Mean achievement scores of male and female students taught basic technology using student-student interaction pattern, student-material interaction pattern and student-teacher interaction pattern in Edo State junior secondary schools
The conclusion that could be drawn here is that the decline in the instructional delivery has remote pessimistic effect on students’ academic performance and Basic Technology objectives

Summary

Introduction

Basic Technology is the only core prevocational subjects at the junior secondary school level in Nigeria which seeks to expose students to the world of work through exploration. It is a subject that is aimed at catching the young learner to love and learn technology and create change in the learners’ environment. Basic Technology being a prevocational subject that seeks to expose students to technology is a veritable tool for educational and technological advancement in Nigeria. It is a functional education which is geared towards general education purposes. Students can develop desirable traits and attitudes such as pride in productive work, respect for authority and dignity for labour. These are attributes that can endear interest in technology and self-reliance. Its objectives include: (i) to provide prevocational orientation for further training in technology; (ii) to provide basic technological literacy for everyday living; and (iii) to stimulate creativity (Federal Ministry of Science & Technology, 2007)

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