RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING AND DEMONSTRATION TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

This study investigated the relative effectiveness of cooperative learning and 
demonstration teaching methods on students’ academic achievement in English language. 
Four research questions guided the study while six null hypotheses were formulated. The 
design of the study is quasi-experimental design. Specifically, it used pre-test post-test 
non-equivalent control group design. The population of the study consisted of (3450) 
senior secondary school 2 students from 8 secondary schools randomly selected in Awka 
North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The sample size for this study 
comprises 228 SS2 students from different schools in Awka North Local Government 
Area. The multi-stage sampling and simple random sampling technique were adopted. 
English Achievement Test (EAT), were used. The instruments were validated by three 
experts. Two experts from the department of English Language and one from the 
department of educational foundations (measurement and evaluation) Nnamdi Azikwe 
University, Awka. Cronbach Alpha was used to check the internal consistency of items 
with dichotomous choices in the EAT and the reliability co-efficient of .82 was obtained. 
Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while analysis of 
covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses. The findings amongst others 
revealed that the mean achievement scores of students taught English Language with 
cooperative teaching method is higher than those taught using the demonstration teaching 
method, the mean achievement scores of male students taught using cooperative teaching 
method is higher than their female counterparts taught using the same method among 
others. Based on the findings, it was recommended amongst other that English Language learning teachers should adopt the use of CTM in English Language classes so as to help 
improve the interest and achievement of students in English language.