Effects of Team Teaching Strategy on Junior Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Basic Science in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Abstract
The study examined the effects of Team Teaching Strategy on Junior Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Basic Science in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study was designed to investigate the difference in the attitude of students exposed to team teaching strategy and conventional method before and after the treatment. This study adopted a pre-test and post-test two group quasi experimental design (one experimental group and one control group). The population of the study comprised 21,677 junior secondary three students in 205 public secondary schools in Ekiti State. The sample consisted of 163 students in intact classes drawn from four public secondary schools in one senatorial district from the three senatorial districts in Ekiti State. The sample was selected using multistage sampling procedure. Two research instruments namely Performance Test in Basic Science (PTBS), and Basic Science Attitudinal Scale (BSAS) were used to collect relevant data for this study. The instruments were subjected to validity and reliability mechanism. The reliability of the instruments were established using Cronbach Alpha which yielded reliability co-efficient value of 0.73 and 0.79 for PTBS and BSAS respectively. The data collected for this study were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The research questions were answered using means, standard deviation and bar chart. All Hypotheses were tested using t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that the two groups (Team Teaching and Conventional) were homogenous at the commencement of the experiment. The use of Team Teaching Strategy enhanced attitude of students in Basic Science than the conventional method. Based on the findings of the study, conclusion and appropriate recommendations were made.
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