Abstract
The study determined gender effect in the efficacy of group investigation and jurisprudential inquiry instructional models in enhancing adolescent students’ interest and achievement in voter education related contents of senior secondary school Government curriculum. The study adopted quasi-experimental non-equivalent pre-test, post-test control group design. Sample for the study consisted of 165 SS II students drawn from senior secondary schools in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu state Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the intact classes from each of the schools that were assigned to the two experimental groups. Data collected using Multiple Choice Government Achievement Test (MCGAT) and Government Interest Inventory (GII) were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions and ANCOVA for testing the hypothesis at P < 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that both group investigation and jurisprudential inquiry models were effective in enhancing interest and achievement of male and female students in voter education related contents in senior secondary school Government curriculum. However, group investigation proved more efficacious. These findings were exhaustively discussed with recommendations on how to manage gender factor in using student-centred instructional models in enhancing students’ interest and achievement.
Highlights
The persistent trend of low voter turnout in elections, among youths in Nigeria between 1999 and 2015 has been a major concern in the political development of the country in recent times
The findings showed that both group investigation and jurisprudential inquiry models were effective in enhancing interest and achievement of male and female students in voter education related contents in senior secondary school Government curriculum
What is the influence of gender on mean interest scores of students taught voter education related contents?
Summary
The persistent trend of low voter turnout in elections, among youths in Nigeria between 1999 and 2015 has been a major concern in the political development of the country in recent times. The reason could be attributed to poor governance, electoral fraud and political violence (Chukwuemeka, Okoye, Egboh,& Ewuim, 2012; Oni, 2014). This trend replicates in other countries where a significant increase in low turnout among youths has been established by studies (Blais & Rubenson, 2013; Danielle & Danielle, 2011). Low turnout by youths affects the general turnout. As found by IDEA (1999), countries, where there were records of low turnout in their general elections had few youths that participated in those elections why countries that recorded high turnout showed high turnout among youths
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