The Effects of Teaching Methods on Academic Performance in Primary School Science

Abstract

The effects of different teaching method on academic achievement of learners were investigated among primary school pupils. A science topic was taught to different groups of selected pupils I their final year using lecture, discussion and discovery methods. The results of three previous terminal examination of each pupil were taken to be the pretests while the post-tests were obtained from scores obtained from standardize evaluation of the teaching process. Participating children were made up of both male and female pupils. The pupils taught with discovery method were noted to improve on their academic achievement than with other methods. Pupils even declined in their academic achievement under lecture teaching method. There was no noticeable disparity in the effects on pupils along gender line. It is recommended that facilities to make teachers adopt appropriate method of teaching be provided by both public and private owners of educational institutions.