Re-Envisioning Gender Equity in Students' Achievement in English Vocabulary using Bingo Games Strategy

Abstract

The study examined the influence of gender on academic achievement of Upper Basic II students taught English vocabulary with Bingo games strategy in Okura District of Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. The study adopted a pretest- post-test quasi experimental research design. One research question and two null-hypotheses guided the study.  The population of the study was 732 Upper Basic II students drawn from 11 public schools in Okura District. Using Krejcie and Morgan's table of sampling, a sample size of 248 students (128 males and 120 females) was used for the study. Data was generated through English Vocabulary Development Achievement Test (EVDAT). The instrument for data collection was subjected to both face and content validation. For the face validity, the instrument was validated by two experts in the field of Language Education, Department of Arts Education, and one expert from Measurement and Evaluation, Department of Educational Foundation, all from Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi state. The content validity was ensured through the use of a table of specification. A reliability index of 0.75 was realized using Kuder Richardson formula 20 (KR20). Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that the female students achieved higher than their male counterparts. However, the test of hypotheses show that statistically, gender is not a significant factor influencing students' achievement when taught English vocabulary using Bingo games instructional technique. Based on this finding, the study recommends, among others, that both male and female students should be properly guided by the teachers of English in terms of helping them to develop high interest and promote their academic achievement in English vocabulary.