EFFECT OF INQUIRY-BASED INSTRUCTION STRATEGIES ON BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING IN UNIVERSITIES, NIGERIA

Abstract

 

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of inquiry-based instruction strategies on Business Education students’ academicachievement in principles of accounting in universities in South-West, Nigeria. The study has two purposes, research questions and hypotheses each. Quasi-experimental none equivalent control group design was used for the paper. The population of this paper was Business Education students offering principles of accounting in universities in South-western region of Nigeria. The two universities were selected using purposive sampling technique. Random sampling was used to select two universities. The study used Principles of Accounting Achievement Test (PAAT) pre-test and posttest with instructional package designed by researcher for collection data. The instrument was subjected to face and content validity by three experts and it obtained a reliability coefficient of 0.74 after being tested with the use of Cronbach Alpha. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions and Analysis of Covariance for testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found among others that inquiry-based instruction strategy had positive effect on academicachievement of Business Education students in principles of accounting, there was a significant main effect of treatment of inquiry-based on academicachievement of universities Business Education students in principles of accounting (F= 135.759;P=.000) and that there was no significant gender effect of inquiry-based instruction on academicachievement of universities Business Education students in principles of accounting(F= 20.356;P=0.000). It was recommended, among others, that papers, journals and book publications should be made available on effective usage of inquiry-based instruction strategy for academic improvement, mutual cooperation among students regardless of their gender should be exposed to inquiry-based instruction strategy for teaching principles of accounting. This is because the strategy is beneficial to both sexes.

Keywords:   Inquiry-Based, Lecture. Instruction Strategies, Academic Achievement