EFFECT OF FIELD TRIP STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY IN DEKINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated effects of field trip teaching strategy on students‟ achievement in biology in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. Two objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The design adopted for this study was a quasi-experimental design. The population of this study comprised of three thousand two hundred and forty (3,600) senior secondary school two (SSS II) students in the area of the study. One hundred and sixty two (160) SSS II students were drawn by purposive sampling technique from two co-educational secondary schools in Dekina Local Government Area. The instrument for data collection was biology Achievement Test (BAT). Kuder-Richardsons formular (k-R-20) was used to determine the reliability coefficient index for BAT which was 0.85.

After administering the instruments, data were collected. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study revealed that students taught basic science using field trip strategy did significantly better in achievement than those taught using conventional method. The result also revealed that field trip strategy has a significant effect on male and female achievement in biology. Based on the findings, it was recommended among other things that biology teachers should use interactive strategies such as field trip strategy to teach biology in order to improve students‟ academic achievement.