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A Study of the Effects of Discussion and Inquiry Methods on Students’ Scholarly Performance in Biology
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This study examined the effects of discussion and inquiry methods on secondary school students’ scholarly performance in Biology. The study adopted quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test, control group research design. Three hundred and eighty (380) secondary school one Biology students from nine schools through the simple random sampling technique were used as the research sample. The control group were instructed employing the lecture method, while the experimental group participated using the inquiry method. Both groups were instructed with same biological concepts in intact classroom for six weeks. Biology Achievement Test (BAT) was administered to collect data for pre-test and post-test. A reliability coefficient of 0.76 was obtained using kuder-Richardson Formula 21. The data collected were analysed using the statistics of mean to answer the research questions and t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study’s findings indicated a significant difference in the scholarly performance of male and female students instructed using discussion and inquiry methods, with the former yielding better results; and a significant difference in the scholarly performance of discussion- and inquiry-based instruction when it came to student gender. In conclusion, both discussion and inquiry methods of teaching help Biology students do better in high school, but the discussion method works better than the inquiry method. Based on these, recommendations were made.
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In this study, it was examined whether the innovative instructional
strategy of learning games would significantly increase students’ learning outcome in the experimental groups and control groups. The study is a quasi-experimental research, which examined the effect of learning games instructional strategy on students’ learning outcomes in eight upper basic classroom settings. The study sample comprised of 192 students randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The instrument employed for
the study was a learning outcome test instrument which comprised of 50 multiple-choice questions. Hypotheses were tested using ANCOVA. After experimentation, the results showed that students instructed using learning games had improved learning outcomes in comparison to those instructed with the lecture strategy (control group). There is no statistically significant
influence of gender on students’ learning outcomes. This study provides empirical evidence of the efficacy of using learning games instructional strategy in boosting students’ learning outcomes
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