January 2020
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The study investigated the effect of cooperative learning instructional strategy on the academic performance of male and female senior secondary school students in Biology in Bauchi Metropolis. The design for the study was pre-test and post-test nonequivalent control group design. The total population for the study were all the fifteen (15) senior secondary schools in Bauchi metropolis with total number of 2,789 SS II students. From the 15 senior secondary schools, two (2) schools were randomly selected and assigned into experimental and control groups by balloting method. In each of the sample schools one intact class was randomly selected to make a sample size of 43. Biology Performance Test (BPT) was developed by the researchers and validated by two senior lecturers from science education department, ATBU, Bauchi and One graduate biology teacher at senior secondary school level. The reliability coefficient of r = 0.79 was obtained after pilot testing. Biology Performance Test (BPT) was administered to the students by the help of research assistant. Data collected was analyzed using t-test statistics at p ≤ 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated that both male and female students taught biology using cooperative instructional strategy do not differ in their academic performance. Hence, it was recommended that, teachers should be encouraged to use cooperative learning instructional strategy in teaching biology at secondary school’s level, since cooperative learning instructional strategy is gender friendly in this study