EFFECT OF JUST-IN-TIME TEACHING METHOD ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MALE AND FEMALE BUSINESS STUDIES STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

This study determined the effect of using “Just-in-Teaching” (JITT) on academic achievement of male and female business studies students. One research questions guided the study while one hypothesis was tested. Quasi– experimental research design was adopted. The sample of the study comprised
267 respondents made up of 114 male and 153 female students in Awka Education Zone Anambra State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select two secondary schools from each of the three local government areas in Awka Educational Zone. The pre-test and post test were administered to both the control and experimental group. JITT method was used to teach the experimental group while the control group was taught the same lesson using traditional method. Also the researchers developed questionnaire whose reliability index was found to be 0.82 using the Cronbach Alpha formula. Data collected from study were analyzed. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using ANCOVA. Findings are that achievement grades of students taught business studies using JITT method were greater than those taught using traditional method; there was significant effect of gender on the students’ mean achievement scores of students taught business studies using JITT method. It was recommended among others that JITT should be formally adopted for instruction in secondary schools in order to improve students’ performance.

Keywords: Just –in -Time teaching and Academic Achievement