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IMPACTS OF JIGSAW II CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN MENSURATION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA.

Lawan Yakubu And Prof. C. B

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Abstract This study investigated the impact of Jigsaw II cooperative learning strategy on students? academic performance in mensuration concepts among senior secondary school students in Kano state, Nigeria. The study adopted the Quasi-experimental non-randomized pre-test-post-test control group design. The target population of the study was all SSI students of public secondary schools in Kano state, totaling 69,736 from which four (4) intact classes from four schools were selected using random sampling technique. Two intact classes with 82 students were randomly assigned to experimental group and the other two with 77 students assigned to control group. Thus, the sample size was 159 SS1 mathematics students. In this study, two (2) research questions were raised and answered. Also, two (2) hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance.. The instrument used for the study was Geometry Achievement Test (GAT). GAT was constructed by the researcher and contained 30 multiple choice items. Using split-half method, the reliability coefficient of GAT was 0.74. GAT was used as pretest and as posttest, after reshuffling some of the items. Both experimental and control groups took GAT as a pre-test before the experiment started. Experimental group was then taught mensuration concepts for six (6) weeks by using jigsaw II co-operative learning strategy while the control group was taught the same topic for the same period using conventional lecture method, after which GAT was taken by both groups. Data collected was analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test statistic. Findings showed that the mean performance score of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group. In terms of gender, findings revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean performance score of male and female students when taught using jigsaw II co-operative learning strategy. Therefore, the strategy is gender- friendly It is recommended that Mathematics teachers should endeavor to employ JigsawII co-operative learning strategies in mathematics classrooms. Keywords: Jigsaw II Co-operative Learning Strategy, Mensuration, Performance.

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