EFFECTS OF DEMONSTRATION TEACHING METHOD ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE WORKS IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN EDO STATE

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of demonstration teaching method on the academic performance of electrical installations and maintenance works students in technical colleges in Edo State. The aim was to find out if there is difference in the performance mean scores of electrical installations and maintenance works students taught with demonstration teaching method and those taught with lecture teaching method. Two research questions were raised and their corresponding hypotheses formulated to guide the investigation. Quasi experimental design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all one hundred and twenty-seven (127) technical students currently in vocational 11 offering electrical installations and maintenance works in the six (6) technical colleges in Edo State. The sample was made up of 61vocational 11 electrical installations and maintenance works students in the 2022/2023 session. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. The instrument used for the study was student’s achievement test titled Electrical Installation and Maintenance Works Achievement Test (EIMWAT). The data were collected with the instrument administered on the sampled students and analyzed using t-test and ANOVA statistics. The study established that there was a significant difference in the performance means scores of students taught with demonstration teaching method and those taught with lecture teaching method. It was also revealed that there was no significant difference between students taught demonstration method with respect to gender. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government should provide equipment’s and facilities to enhance learning via demonstration teaching method in technical colleges. It was also recommended that parents should encourage their wards to study electrical installations and maintenance works irrespective of their gender.