Effect of Discussion and Invention Teaching Strategies on Senior Secondary School Students Achievement in Chemistry in Delta State, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Ejedafeta A. Okurumeh | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-04-08T11:22:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-04-08T11:22:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the effect of Discussion and Invention Strategies on achievement in chemistry. The moderating effects of academic ability and gender were also investigated. The study adopted a pretest, posttest, follow up test, and control group quasi-experimental design with a 3x2x2 factorial matrix. The participants consisted of 224 senior secondary II chemistry students from intact classes in nine selected secondary schools in delta central senatorial district. The instrument for data collection include “Chemistry achievement test”, (r = 0.84), “Ability test in Chemistry”, (r = 0.85) and teachers instructional package. Six research questions were asked and answered, while three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha levels. Data were analysed using analysis of variance and covariance, while Sheffe Post-hoc analysis was used to explain the significant difference. There were significant effects of treatment on students achievement in chemistry (F (2.820) = 73.77) and students of varying abilities (F(11.242) = 2.03). But, there were no significant effect of treatment on Gender on achievement (F (1.000) = 0.93) in Chemistry. The two instructional strategies improved students’ achievement in chemistry concepts more than the traditional lecture method. It was recommended that teachers should therefore adopt these two instructional strategies in the teaching of chemistry at the senior secondary school level. Keywords: Achievement, Discussion and Invention | |
| dc.identifier.citation | APA | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2449-0679 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.lcu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1399 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Capital Development in Behavioural Sciences | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 4. Issue 1 | |
| dc.subject | Achievement | |
| dc.subject | Discussion and Invention | |
| dc.title | Effect of Discussion and Invention Teaching Strategies on Senior Secondary School Students Achievement in Chemistry in Delta State, Nigeria | |
| dc.type | Article |