EFFECT OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM STRATEGY ON UPPER BASIC II STUDENTS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOCIAL STUDIES IN GWER-WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Social Studies, flipped classroom strategy, attitude, lecture strategy, gender, quasi-experimentalAbstract
The study investigated the effect of flipped classroom strategy on Upper Basic II students' attitude towards Social Studies in Benue State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The research design employed for the study was quasi-experimental research design, pre-test, post-test non-equivalent control group. Population consisted of 292 (155 male and 137 females) Upper Basic II students in public schools during the 2024/2025 academic session. Sample comprised 71 (31 males and 40 females) Upper Basic II students in two intact classes in two schools. Multi-stage sampling procedure was employed for the study. Social Studies Attitude Questionnaire (SSAQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts in Faculty of Education, Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi. The instrument was further trial tested to determine the reliability coefficient. SSAQ was calculated using Cronbach Alpha and yielded 0.63. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that flipped classroom strategy had a significant positive effect on students' attitude ratings (p < .001) towards Social Studies compared to lecture strategy. No significant difference was found between the attitude ratings (p < 0.609) of male and female students taught using flipped classroom strategy. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended, among others, that Social Studies teachers at the Upper Basic level should be encouraged to adopt and implement flipped classroom strategy in their teaching practice to help shift the classroom from a teacher-centred environment to a learner-centred and participatory one.References
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