Learning Strategies, Location and Students’ Achievement in Physics among Senior Secondary one students in Mkpat Enin local government area of Akwa Ibom State
Keywords:
students’ achievement, learning strategies, location, PhysicsAbstract
This study determined the effects of learning strategies and location and students’
achievement in Physics in public secondary schools in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area
of Akwa Ibom State. Two research hypotheses guided the study. The study was a quasiexperimental using pretest and posttest non randomized design. The population was all the
Senior Secondary one (SS1) Physics students for the year 2020/2021 session in the 16 public
Secondary Schools in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area. A total of 150 students (82
students in the first and 68 students in the second experimental groups) constitute the sample.
Purposive sampling technique was used to select the schools. A Physics Achievement Test
(PAT) was used for the collection of data with reliability index of 0.79. Two learning
packages (one for individualized and one for co-operative learning strategies groups) were
used in guiding the students to learn the concept of motion. The instrument was validated by
a panel of three experts consisting of one Physics lecturer, one Physic teacher and one
Research, Measurement and Evaluation lecturer in the Department of Science Education,
Akwa Ibom State University, Mkpat Enin. The hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of
significance. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Analysis of Covariance
(ANCOVA). The findings showed the effectiveness of individualized learning strategy over
cooperative learning strategy on students’ achievement in the concept of motion in Physics. It
was recommended that individualized learning strategy should be used by the students in the
learning of the concept of motion in Physics.
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