Effect of Collaborative Learning on Students’ Academic Achievement in Graphics in Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo

Abstract

Graphics as a means of communication is very important for every students’ to understand its nitty gritty in other to excel in engineering and technology-related courses. This caught the attention of the researchers to examine the effect of collaborative learning on students’ academic achievement in Graphics in Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo. Two objectives and research questions guided the study. The population of the study comprised 22, 2021/2022 academic session, 200level students of Department of Technical Education, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo. No sampling was made because of manageable size of the population. The study adopted quasi-experimental design. The instrument used for data collection was a 10-item Graphics Achievement Test (GAT). It was face and content validated by three research experts.0.86 reliability co-efficient was obtained through Kuder- Richardson formula. Data was collected by the researchers and analyzed using mean with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS 2.0). Findings revealed that with collaborative learning approach, students’ achievement in Graphics was far better than when taught with the usual demonstrational method. Also, the approach had more effect on male students’ academic achievement scores in Graphics than on female students. However, it was recommended that Technical educators should employ collaborative learning approach to teach Graphics or any other related topics to the students.And, Technical educators should encourage social interaction particularly among the males and female students during teaching learning process as it increases their academic achievement and eliminate gender disparity in complex-related task.