Assessment of Students’ Performance in Physics Using Two Teaching Techniques

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue VII, July 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705

Assessment of Students’ Performance in Physics Using Two Teaching Techniques

Alaba Tolulope Agbele^1*, Emmanuel Akinbami Oyelade², Victor Shegun Oluwatuyi^3
1Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences and Technology Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
²Department of Science Education, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria
³Department of Public Health (Health Education), College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria
*Corresponding author

Abstract: This study was conducted to assess the best teaching method of Physics in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study used primary data which was collected by using “Students’ Achievement Test” from fifty Senior Secondary School Two (SSS II) students of thirty males and twenty females, who were randomly selected in order to test the performance of students in Physics class. The data were analysed by using descriptive statistics and analytical technique. The researchers formulated and tested for hypotheses at p<0.05 significant level.
The result of the data analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the mean score of students taught with collaborative method and traditional method. Results showed that collaborative inquiry method of teaching is far better than the traditional method. The study also revealed that the male students performed better in Physics as a science subject than their female counterparts.
The study thus recommended that students should be engaged in exploring, investigating and answering questions through the use of collaborative inquiry method so as to enhance a better performance in their learning process.

Keywords: Teaching techniques, Physics, Collaborative inquiry learning, Traditional method, Assessment, Students’ performance

I. INTRODUCTION

The concept of national development cannot be over emphasized in terms of the extent and sophistication of the materials and objects owned by a nation and its citizens. Ideally, people need food, shelter and clothing [1], however, the level of development of a nation if it has to be sustained beyond this generation, it should not only be measured in terms of its material wealth but should also reflect the ability and capability of its citizens to invent and innovate [2-4]. In so doing, such a nation is promoting development and at the same time it is concerned with both feeding the body and the mind [5].

In sciences, Physics form the fundamental basis for an argument or theory to other science subjects, technology and engineering [6]. Therefore, if we must produce good technologists, technology innovators as well as inventors, as a starting point, we need well-breed Physicists and Physics educators which begins right from the secondary schools.

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