CONTEXTUALIZED LEARNING INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Ebebe; I; Ephraim; William; C

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

CONTEXTUALIZED LEARNING INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Ebebe, I, Ephraim, William, C

Abstract :

The study Investigated Contextualized Learning Instructional Method and Students’ Academic Achievement in Social Studies by adopting an experimental study of pre–test, post–test control group design. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The sample of the study consists of 225 JS3 students and were selected using the stratified proportionate sampling technique. The instrument, SSAT used had reliability coefficient of 0.83 using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation formula (PPMC). Data generated were analyzed using descriptive statistics – mean and standard deviations for answering the research questions while Paired t–test and independent t–test were used to test the hypotheses. Results revealed that CLIM was most facilitative than TCM. Also the study showed that urban students performed better than their rural counterparts in terms of location.