IMPACT OF TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS STUDIES

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out onthe impact of teaching methods on students academic performance in business studies using some selected junior secondary schools in Egor Local Government, Edo State . The study was specifically set to find out the impact of the discussion method on students academic performance in business studies, examine the impact of the demonstration method and students academic performance in business studies, determine the impact of questioning method on student academic performance in business studies, find out the impact of lecture method on student academic performance in selected secondary schools in business studies. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of business studies teachers and students of some selected junior secondary schools Egor Local Government, Edo State. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 200 respondents and 150 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables. While the hypothesis were tested using Pearson Correlation statistical tool, SPSS v23. The result of the findings reveals that discussion method of teaching has an impact on students academic performance in business studies.The study also revealed that questioning method of teaching has an impact on students academic performance in business studies.Therefore, it is recommended that teachers should continue to home their skills by attending workshops seminars and other teaching enhancing programmes that can enable them be on top of their game, teachers should be aware of the right teaching methods to apply in teaching when one method is not effective since a combination of methods is considered most appropriate to mention but a few.