EFFECTS OF CREATIVITY ENGAGEMENT AND GLASER TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ECONOMICS IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE
Keywords:
Creativity engagement, Economics, Glaser method, Students’ achievement and Teaching Method.Abstract
This study investigated effects of creativity engagement and Glaser teaching
methods on students’ achievement in Economics in public senior secondary
schools in Anambra State. Two research questions were asked and two
corresponding hypotheses guided the study. The design of the study was the
quasi-experimental research design which adopted pre-test, treatment and post
test of non-equivalent group procedures. The population is 76,542 SS 1 – 3
students in all the 263 public secondary schools in Anambra State. The sample
consisted of 80 senior secondary two (SS II) Economics students using purposive
and cluster sampling techniques were used. The instrument used for the collection
of data for this study was a researcher developed achievement test titled,
Economics Achievement Test (EAT) which contained 30 items of multiple choice
questions. The instrument was validated by three research specialists. Reliability
coefficient of 0.88 was obtained using Kudder-Richardson 20 statistic (KR-20).
The experiments and administration of pretest and posttest lasted for 6 weeks with
the aid of four research assistants who were the regular Economics teachers in the
selected schools. Afterwards, the researcher marked and scored the scripts and
the computed scores were used for data analysis. Research questions were
answered using mean and standard deviation. Analysis of Covariance
(ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The
result revealed that creativity engagement method is effective and significant in
students’ achievement in Economics more than the Glaser teaching method. It
was also revealed that teaching Economics to students using creativity
engagement teaching method slightly improved the male students more than the
female students but their mean scores were not significant in public senior
secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on the findings of the study, it was
recommended among others that Anambra State Ministry of Education should
prioritize training and capacity-building programs for Economics teachers,
focusing on the creativity engagement method, to equip them with innovative methods that can help improve students’ academic achievement in Economics in
schools.
