EFFECTIVENESS OF PEER TUTORING AND LECTURE METHODS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT STUDENTS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

Dr. (Mrs) Abimbola Olunike Adegbenjo

Abstract


This study investigated the effectiveness of peer tutoring and lecture methods on the academic performance of Office Technology and Management (OTM) students in entrepreneurship education in Polytechnics in Osun State. Three hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted for the study. The study population comprised 253 ND 1 students in the three public Polytechnics offering Office Technology and Management programme in Osun States. 139 OTM students in two selected institutions were exposed to peer tutoring and lecture methods. The instrument consisted of a pre-test and post-test, which the researcher developed. The hypotheses were tested using t-test, ANCOVA and ANOVA. The study found, among others, that there was a significant effect of treatment on the students' academic performance in entrepreneurship education but that the peer tutoring teaching method was more effective than the lecture method and that there was no significant interaction effect of methods and sex on OTM students' academic performance in entrepreneurship education. It was concluded that peer tutoring was more effective than the lecture method. It was recommended, among others, that OTM lecturers should adopt the peer tutoring method in teaching entrepreneurship education in Polytechnics.

 

 

Keywords:  Academic performance, Entrepreneurship development, Lecture method, Office Technology and Management Programme, Peer tutoring


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