THE EFFECT OF BRAINSTORMING ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PHYSICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

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This study was designed to investigated the effect of brainstorming on student academic achievement in physics in senior secondary schools of Makurdi Local Government Area. Quasi experimental design was adopted for the study. One hundred and fifty six students in physics in senior secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government area formed the sample for the study. Intact classes were assigned to experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught using the brainstorming strategy. Four research questions and four hypotheses were generated and formulated to guide the study. A Physics Achievement Test (PAT) was developed and used for obtaining data. The data was analyzed using simple percentage and t-test to answer the research question and to test the hypotheses at 0.05% level of significance. Findings of the study showed that there is more improvement in the academic performance of students based on brainstorming strategy than those taught based on the conventional teaching method. From the research findings, the research has the following recommendations for learning of physics for students, parent and guardians, teachers of physics, school authorities and government. Students should pay more attention while been taught physics using brainstorming method and allied study material. This is because they will learn faster, perform well in their examination, and evidently further studies. However, students cannot do this alone, parents are therefore encouraged by the findings of this work to motivate their ward and children for the use of such materials where required so that their wards can access it for good. Teachers on the other hand are recommended by this research to accept school policies of using brainstorming in the teaching of physics. It becomes essential for school authorities to make it a policy for physics teachers to use these methods and materials throughout the process and learning of physics. At the state and national levels that harmonize education, the policy on teaching and learning of physics should be incorporated in templates for supervision of schools. The government through its agencies should ensure that teaching aids are provided by schools and properly used in teaching in other to give a better understanding of what is been taught. This will go a long way to improve the standard of learning that the government has been yearning for.

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