Benue State University, Makurdi

EFFECT OF COLLABORATIVE STRATEGY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-CONCEPT OF STUDENTS IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION

John Iorlamen Pever, PhD, Tabitha Pever Apeize, PhD and Simeon Pever Terhemen, PhD

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of collaborative strategy on the development of self-concept of students in Social Studies in Gombe State, Nigeria. The study was guided by three research questions while three hypotheses were formulated and tested. A quasi-experimental research design specifically, non-randomized control group was adopted. The population of the study was 10,306 Upper Basic II students in Gombe South Education Zone. The sample consisted of 310 students from six government schools in the study area. Data were generated using adopted Academic Self-Concept Scale (ASCS). The ASCS was validated and subjected to reliability analysis using Cronbach Alpha (α) formula which yielded a coefficient of 0.87. Data collected for the study were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean self-concept ratings of students taught Social Studies using Collaborative Instructional Strategy and those taught using Conventional Method (p = 0.834 > 0.05); there was no significant difference in the mean self-concept ratings between male and female students taught Social Studies using collaborative instructional strategy (p = 0.490 > 0.05). Based on the findings, the study concluded that Collaborative strategy enhance self-concept ratings ofSocial Studies students in similar manner as conventional method. The study also concluded that collaborative instructional strategy and conventional method are gender friendly and sensitive in the development of self-concept of Social Studies students. It was therefore recommended among others that teachers of Social Studies should use collaborative strategy in teaching to improve the self-concept of students since the strategy had proved effective in enhancing students’ self-concept in the subject.

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