EFFECT OF SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSION LEARNING METHOD ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE WORKS IN EDO STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Abstract

The study examined the effect of small-group discussion on students’ performance in electrical installation and maintenance works in Edo state technical colleges. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design precisely the pretest and posttest non-equivalent control group design. The population of the study comprised all the 189 Vocational II students’ offering Electrical Wiring in the six technical colleges of Edo State. Two intact classes were used which was made up of 102 students; purposive simple technique was used to select the students from two technical colleges in the three senatorial district of Edo State. The instrument for data collection was titled: Electrical Installation and Maintenance Works Achievement Test (EIMWAT). The instrument was a standardized NABTEB examination question collated for a period of five years. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test   and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question while the hypotheses were analyzed and tested at .05 level of significance. The result shows that difference existed between the pretest and posttest mean score of students taught Industrial Electrical Wiring using small-group discussion and Conventional Teaching Method. Finally, there was no significant interaction effect of treatments given to students based on gender in technical colleges in Edo State.