EFFECT OF CONCEPT MAPPING TEACHING STRATEGY ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GENETICS

Jibrin Adamu Gagdi, Shehu Danladi Zayum

Abstract


The study investigated the Effect of Concept Map Teaching Strategy on the Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Genetics. The design for the study was pre-test and post-test control group design. All the 20 senior secondary schools in Dengi metropolis constituted the population for the study. Two senior secondary schools were randomly selected and made into experimental and control groups .Genetics  Achievement Test (GAT) was prepared by the researchers and validated by two senior lecturers from education department, ABU, Zaria Nigeria  and a reliability coefficient r=0.70 was arrived at after pilot testing. Genetics Achievement Test (GAT) was administered to the students by the researchers. Data collected was analysed using z- test statistics. The results indicated that students taught Genetics using concept mapped instructional strategy achieved higher than those taught using expository method. It was recommended that, teachers need to diversify their method of teaching genetics such as concept mapped teaching strategy as it will assist in higher academic achievement of learners.


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