International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 11(6), pp. 139-148, December 2023

ISSN: 2360-7866

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijarer2023350

 

Full Length Research

 

 

Effects of Enhanced-Declarative Knowledge Approach on Learners’ Performance and Assessment-mode Attitude in Quantitative Economics.

 

David Oluwaseyi OLADIMEJI

 

Institute of Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Email Add: oladimejidavid585@gmail.com. Phone Nos. +2348054625636, +2348037398107

 

Accepted 13 November 2023

Abstract

Abstract: The effect of the enhanced-declarative knowledge approach (EDKA) on students' performance and assessment-mode attitude in quantitative economics was looked at in this research. In six secondary schools in the Oyo East, Atiba, and Oyo West LGAs of Oyo State, a sample of 145 SS II students was randomly selected for the study. A quasi-experimental design that used a 2-by-2 factorial matrix was adopted. Enhanced-Declarative Knowledge Approach (EDKA) and Conventional Knowledge Approach (CKA) treatment groups were randomly assigned to participants. The Quantitative Economics Achievement Test (QEAT) and the Economics Students' Assessment-Mode Attitude Scale (ESAMAS) were used to gather the data. The 0.05 significance level was used to test three null hypotheses. Data was acquired, and then ANCOVA was used to analyse it. The performance of the students was significantly impacted by the treatment (F(1,140)=980.61, p>0.05). The partial eta square (η2) value of 0.875 indicated that 88% of the variance in students' economics achievement was attributable to the treatment's (EDKA) influence. The main effect of gender was not shown to be statistically significant by F(1,140)=0.469, p>0.05. The therapy and numerical ability interaction effect (F(2,149)=1.557, p>0.05) did not reach statistical significance. It was thereafter suggested that teachers must permit students to supply relevant examples in the course of teaching and should employ appropriate approaches, such as the declarative knowledge approach, in the teaching of quantitative economics.

 

Key Words: Enhanced-Declarative Knowledge Approach, Learners, Performance, Assessment-mode Attitude

Paper type: research