EFFECTS OF FOUR MODE APPLICATION TECHNIQUE ON PHYSICS STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN MECHANICS IN UNGOGO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KANO STATE-NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the effects Four Mode Application Technique on Physics students’ academic achievement and retention in Mechanics in Ungogo Local Government, Kano state-Nigeria. A pretest, posttest and posttest quasi-experimental research design was adopted for the study. A population of 6,317 SS II students was used for the study. Stratified

random sampling technique was used to select four (4) schools out of 26 with two male intact classes and two female intact classes with sample size of 194 students (95 male and 99 female). Instrument titled Mechanics Achievement Test (MAT) was faced and content validated by experts; the reliability coefficient of the instrument was found to be 0.81 via test retest using PPMC. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while ANCOVA was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that students taught using 4MAT performed better than those taught using traditional method, it also revealed that there is significant difference in the achievement scores of male and female students taught using 4MAT in favour of male students. Students taught using 4MAT have higher retention than those taught using traditional method. Based on the findings, it was recommended that physics teachers should include the use of 4MAT in teaching Physics in senior secondary schools.