The Effects of Teaching Secondary School Students Agricultural Science with Flipped Classroom and Lecture Method in Public Secondary Schools in Owerri Education Zone 1

Authors

  • DR. MICHAEL MMADUABUCHI ADIAHA, DR. AJUZIE NDUBUISI EBENIZA AND MERRY NGOZI UKEGBU. .

Keywords:

Effects, Flipped classroom, Lecture method, Students achievement, Agricultural Science .

Abstract

The study aimed at finding out the comparative effect of flipped classroom and lecture teaching methods on the students’ learning outcomes in agricultural science in public secondary schools in  Owerri education zone 1. The population of the study comprised 9,432 SS II students; the sample was made up of two intact classes of 80 SS II students that were selected from the population .Four (4) research questions and two (2) null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A pilot study was carried out at Amakohia Comprehensive Secondary School, Owerri North Local Government Area. Two treatments groups were used for this research with two methods of teaching (Flipped classroom method and Lecture method). Eight lesson topics were taught to the students and these lasted for eight weeks. In the first week, before the commencement of the eight lesson topics, a 50-item researcher-made multiple choice questions on Agricultural Science were administered to the two treatment groups as pre-test. The same 50 item researcher-made questions were also administered as post-test at the end of the eight weeks. A ten affective response questionnaire items were also administered. One group was exposed to lecture method of teaching and the other group by flipped classroom method. The data obtained were analyzed using t-test analysis for research question and ANCOVA for the hypotheses. All the hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result made some findings which include: students taught Agricultural Science using flipped classroom  method reacted highly positively than those with lecture method. On the basis of the above findings, the researcher recommends among others that the government, its agencies and private organizations should embark on the provision of computer-assisted instructional programmes like text-assisted programmed learning on various subject; the research to be replicated using other flipped classroom methods on other subjects to cover other geo-political zones of the country; the government should encourage both the teacher and the students by providing enough and adequate computer and install programme learning for their use.

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Published

2024-05-14