Effects of Peer Tutoring Instructional Method on the Academic Achievement in Biology among Secondary School Students in Zaria Metropolis, Nigeria
Keywords:
Biology, academic achievement, instructional method, Peer tutoringAbstract
The study investigated the effect of peer tutoring instructional method on the
academic achievement in Biology among secondary school students in Zaria
Metropolis, Nigeria. The design for the study was pretest and posttest experimental
control group design. All the 60 senior secondary schools within Zaria metropolis
constituted the population of the study. Two senior secondary schools were
randomly selected and made into experimental and control groups. Biology
Achievement Test (BAT) was prepared by the researcher and validated by Two
senior lecturers from education department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
and a reliability coefficient r=0.67 was arrived at. Biology Achievement Test
(BAT) was administered to the students by the researcher. Data collected were
analysed using t-test statistics. The results indicated that students taught biology
using peer tutoring instructional method achieved higher than those taught
using expository method. It was recommended that, teachers need to diversify
their method of teaching biology such as peer tutoring as it will assist in higher
academic achievement of learners.
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