IMPACT OF THINK -PAIR-SHARE STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FROM SOME SELECTED SCHOOLS IN JAMA’A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the Impact Of Think-Pair-Share Strategy on  Students’ Academic Achievement and Retention in Basic Science and Technology from some Selected Schools in Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study had three objectives, three research questions that guided the study and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study anchored on social constructivist theory of human learning by Vygotsky, 1978. A quasi-experimental design pre-test, post-test non-equivalent control group was used. Population of the study was 1153 JS 2 students offering Basic Science and Technology for 2024/2025 academic section. A sample of 158 JS 2 Basic Science and Technology students from two schools were obtained using random sampling techniques. The instrument used for data collection was Basic Science and Technology Retention Test (BSTRT) . The instrument was validated by three experts, two in the Department of Science Education and Technology and one in the department of Educational Foundations, all from the University of Jos. The reliability was established using Kuder Richardson 20(KR-20) for BSTAT which yielded coefficient of 0.76. The experimental group was taught using think- pair -share strategy while the control group was taught using lecture method. The treatment lasted for six weeks. The students were given post -test and delay post-test. The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed that there were significance differences in the mean academic achievement scores of students taught using think -pair-share strategy than those taught using lecture method, the findings also revealed that the strategy is gender friendly.  It was recommended among others that seminars, workshops and conferences should be organized by school heads to orient Basic Science and Technology teachers on how to used think-pair- share strategy in teaching.