Effect of Educational Fieldtrip Experience on NCE 3 Students Academic Achievement and Retention in Social Studies in Tertiary Institutions in Katsina State, Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/mjssh.v2i6.675Keywords:
Fieldtrip experience, Academic achievement, Tertiary institution, Teaching and learningAbstract
This study investigated the effects of field trip on students’ academic achievement and retention in tertiary institutions in Katsina State. The study was conducted within the three tertiary institutions in Katsina State and was restricted to NCE 3 students only. The three tertiary institutions are: Federal College of Education, Katsina, Isa Kaita College of Education, Dutsinma, and Bala Usman College of Arabic and Islamic studies Daura. Quasi-experimental research design was adopted for the study. A total number of 381 students’ were selected through simple random sampling technique for the analysis out of the total population used for the study. Social Studies Achievement Test (SSAT) consists of twenty five (25) items objectives questions with options A-D was developed by the researcher with a reliability coefficient of 0.84 using Kuder-Richardson formula 21 was used for data collection. The SSAT was administered thrice, before experiment (Pre), after experiment (Post) and two weeks after post SSAT (Retention test). Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation for answering the research questions and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses raised at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that Social Studies students’ taught using field trip perform better than those taught using expository/conventional teaching method and also the level of retention of students is higher when taught with field trip compared to when taught with conventional method. Based on the findings of the study, the study recommends that: Social Studies curriculum should be reviewed to accommodate all students’ to embark on fieldtrip to learn outside classroom environment and also Social Studies should be learner centered rather than teacher centered to enable students learn on their own independently.
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