Salman A. A.Quadri Y.Akanbi A. O.Adebisi N. A.2024-04-222024-04-222018Salman, A. A. Quadri, Y. Akanbi, A. O. & Adebisi, N. A. (2018): Effects of concept mapping instructional strategy on senior secondary school physics students’ performance in Ilorin west of Nigeria in a depressed economy. Bayero Journal of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education. 1(1): 91 - 100.2635-3105https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12543The study investigated the effects of concept mapping instructional strategy (CMIS) on senior secondary school students' performance in physics in Ilorin west, Nigeria. Two research questions raised were answered and two hypotheses tested at the 0.05level of significance guided the study. The design of the study was a 2 x 2 pretest, posttest quasi experimental, nonequivalent, non-randomized control group design with 178 senior secondary students selected purposively from four senior secondary schools in Ilorin west, Kwara State, Nigeria. Instrument used for data collection was Physics Performance Test (PPT) adapted from West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) questions. The instrument was validated by two experts and two other teachers teaching physics at senior secondary school. A test-retest method was used to ascertain the reliability and Pearson product-moment correlation was used to obtain a reliability coefficient index of 0.72.The treatment for the study lasted for one week and data collected were analyzed using t-test and Analysis of Covariance. The result revealed that, concept mapping instructional strategy significantly improved students' performance in physics. Furthermore, there was no significant difference between male and female students in the experimental group. It was recommended that, teachers should make the teaching of physics more interactive by using concept mapping instructional strategy in order to improve performance of students consequently empower with educational economic independence.enConcept mappingStrategyGenderAchievementSecondary SchoolPhysicsArticle