EFFECTSOFSOCRATICANDDEMONSTRATIONMETHODSOFTEACHINGON STUDENTS’ACADEMICPERFORMANCEINFINANCIALACCOUNTINGIN SECONDARYSCHOOLSINKOGISTATE,NIGERIA  

2020-12-16
ThestudywasconductedtodeterminetheeffectsofSocraticandDemonstration teaching methodsonacademicperformanceofsecondaryschoolstudentsin FinancialAccountinginKogiState.Thestudyadoptedaquasi-experimentaldesign, specifically,thepre-test,post-testnon-equivalentcontrolgroup.Atotalof1864 students offering financialaccounting in seniorsecondary schools in three senatorialdistrictsofKogiStateformedthepopulationofthestudy.From the populationofthestudy,146studentswereselectedassampleusingpurposive samplingtechnique.Threeseniorsecondaryschoolswerepurposivelyselectedand randomlyassignedtoexperimentalgroupsandcontrolgroup.CommunitySecondary School,OdekeandMuslim CommunitySecondarySchoolLokoja(experimental groups)whileGovernmentDaySecondarySchool,Ihima(controlgroup).Thedata collectionperiodlastedforfiveweeksusingFinancialAccountingAchievementTest (FAAT)whichcomprisedwellplannedlessonplansontheselectedtopicsbasedon thethreemethodsofteaching.Theinstrumentfordatacollectionwas20-items objectives and one Theory question validated ...