Effect of Selected Instructional Methods on Students’ Technical Skills Acquisition in Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice Trade in Government Technical Colleges in Kano State
Mele, E. F. and Abdussalam, A.
*1&2Department of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education, Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Nigeria. Email: franselisha@gmail.com1, auwaluabdussalam1@gmail.com2
Abstract
This study determined the effects of Selected Instructional Methods on Students Technical skills Acquisition in Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice Trade in Government Technical Colleges in Kano State, Nigeria. It was guided by a purpose with corresponding 1 research questions and a null hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of alpha. The study was hinged on Dreyfus Skill acquisition theory. Literature and related empirical studies were reviewed according to the purposes of the study. The study adopted Quasi- experimental research design (non-equivalent pre-test, post- test, control group design). The population of the study was 102 NTC II MECPT students. Purposive sampling technique was used to determine the sample size. The subjects were separated into three groups; the experimental group I (N= 40), experimental group II (N = 28) and the control group (N=34). The instrument for data collection was titled Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice Achievement Test (MECAT). The data collected were analyzed using SPSS, mean and standard deviation were used for answering the research questions while hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Covariates (ANCOVA) at 0.05 alpha level. The findings showed that; Hands-on learning instructional method yielded better result and improves MECPT students’ performance higher than Lecture teaching method. The result from the hypotheses analysis revealed that. there was significant difference in the performance of students taught Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice Trade using Mastery learning instructional method, Hands-on Learning instructional method and Lecture teaching methods F, (df=2, 102) = 113.202, p = 0.00; Based on the findings, it was Recommend that, Technical vocational teachers should be encouraged to use hands-on and Mastery learning instructional methods for improved teaching in Technical Colleges in Kano state
Keywords
Mastery Learning, Hands-on Learning, Technical Skill, Skill
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