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Kwara State University

Olumuyiwa Ayobami Ajayi

Designation: Lecturer II
Department: Early Childhood and Primary Education
My Publications
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Effect of Peer-led Team Teaching on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Numeracy in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State

Abstract: The study was carried out to find out the effect of peer-led team teaching on Academic Performance of Pupils in Numeracy in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The study employed pretest-posttest control group quasi experimental research design. The first two levels are one experimental group (peer-led team teaching) and one control group (conventional method), the second factorial level was based on gender that is male (M) and female (F), while the third factorial level focused on school type (public and private). The population of this study comprised all private and public primary schools in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. Sample size for the study was four primary three classes. The multistage sampling techniques were used. The purposive sampling technique used to select four mixed primary schools (Boys and Girls schools). The instrument for data collection for this study were Pupils’ Numeracy Performance Test (PNPT), Some items for the PNPT were constructed by the researcher and it consisted of twenty questions, based on the primary three numeracy. The instruments were subjected to face and content validity. Reliability coefficient was also obtained. Descriptive statistic (frequency count, mean and percentage) and inferential statistics of Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used to analyze the data. The results among others showed that, there was significant effect of Peer-led team teaching on academic performance of pupils in numeracy in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara state, there was no significant effect of gender on academic performance of pupils in numeracy in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara state and there was no significant effect of school-type on academic performance of pupils in numeracy in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara state. Therefore, the study concluded that, Peer-led team teaching can bring about improvement in the academic performance of pupils in Numeracy regardless of gender and the type of school
Total Publications : 6