Effects of Jigsaw II Cooperative Learning Strategy on Senior School Students’ Performance in Physics in Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria
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2022
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Department of Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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The study investigated the effects of Jigsaw II cooperative learning strategy on senior school students' performance in physics. The study also determined how moderating variables of score levels influence students’ performance in physics when jigsaw II cooperative learning strategy was used as instructional strategy. The study employed a quasi-experimental design of non randomized, non-equivalent pre-test post-test control group design. Random sampling technique was used to select two senior secondary school III (SSSIII) physics students comprising 146 (68 male and 78 female) from two intact classes in Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria. Jigsaw II Cooperative Learning Instructional Package on Electric Field (JIICLIPEF) and Electric Field Performance Test (EFPT) were used as treatment and test instruments. Data were collected and analyzed with t-test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) statistical tools Findings indicated that students taught electric field (current electricity) using jigsaw II cooperative learning strategy performed better than those taught with conventional methods, and there was no significant difference in the performance of students taught electric field with Jigsaw II on the basis of score level. It was therefore recommended based on the findings that teachers should make use of Jigsaw II cooperative learning strategy in order to enhance students’ performance in the electric field.
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Cooperative learning, Electric field, Jigsaw II, Performance, NATURAL SCIENCES::Physics
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Usman, A. Akanbi, A. O. Usman, R. S. & Yusuf, A. A. (2022): Effects of Jigsaw II Cooperative Learning Strategy on Senior School Students’ Performance in Physics in Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria. Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 14(1), 19 - 30