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International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review Vol. 4(6), pp. 182-189. December, 2016. ISSN: 2360-7866 DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2016.027
Full Length Research
Effectiveness of Guided Discovery Learning Strategy and Gender Sensitivity on Students’ Academic Achievement in Financial Accounting in Colleges of Education
1OLORODE, Jide John and 2JIMOH, Abiodun Ganiu
1DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION, TAI SOLARIN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, IJAGUN E-mail: jidejohn4jj@gmail.com, (corresponding author) 2DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STUDIES, OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, AGO-IWOYE, OGUN STATE. E-mail: abiodunjimoh25@gmail.com
Accepted 26 December 2016
This study examined
the effectiveness of guided discovery learning strategy and gender
sensitivity on students’ academic achievement in financial accounting in
colleges of education in Ogun State. The study adopted a
quasi-experimental research design, specifically, non-randomized
pretest-posttest control group design comprising of two instructional
strategies (guided discovery learning strategy and lecture method).
Three specific purposes, two research questions and three null
hypotheses, tested at 0.05 level of significance, were formulated to
guide the study. The population for the study was all 466 200-level
business education students drawn from two colleges of education in Ogun
State. Financial accounting achievement test (FAAT) is the instrument
used for data collection. The FAAT and the lesson plans for instruction
in the two groups were all validated by three accounting education
experts. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was computed
using split-half reliability technique and it yielded a coefficient of
0.76. Mean was used to answer the research questions while Analysis of
Covariance (ANCOVA) was employed to test the null hypotheses. It was
found that guided discovery learning strategy is more effective than the
traditional lecture method in the teaching and learning of financial
accounting in tertiary institution. The study also revealed that
significant difference exist between the academic achievement of male
and female students, taught financial accounting using guided discovery
learning strategy. The study recommends among other things, the adoption
of guided discovery learning strategy in the teaching and learning of
financial accounting in tertiary institutions especially colleges of
education.
Cite
This Article As:
OLORODE JJ, JIMOH AG (2016). Effectiveness of Guided Discovery Learning
Strategy and Gender Sensitivity on Students’ Academic Achievement in
Financial Accounting in Colleges of Education. Inter. J. Acad. Res. Educ.
Rev. 4(6): 182-189 |
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