Abstract:
This study examined the effect of activity-based teaching techniques on academic achievement of foundry craft students of technical colleges in Rivers State. The study sought determined the effect of activity-based teaching techniques in moulding and heat treatment process. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design which involved a pretest, posttest, non-equivalent control group of students in their intact classes. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. The population of the study consisted of all the sixty-seven (67) NTC II students of foundry craft in technical colleges in Rivers State. An intact class of the schools was used with the help of some teachers who were briefed on the procedures for the study. Instrument for data collection was Foundry Craft Achievement Test (FCAT)" which contain twenty (20) multiple choice items. Three (3) experts in the field of technical education validated the instrument. The reliability coefficient of the instrument Foundry Craft Achievement Test (FCAT) was carried out to determine the internal consistency using Kuder Richardson formula 20 (K - R 20) technique and a coefficient of 0.78 was established. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance through the use of SPSS Version 20. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant difference between the students achievement when taught moulding and heat treatment process with activity-based teaching technique. In other word, students taught moulding and heat treatment process with activity-based teaching technique score higher than those students taught moulding and heat treatment process with discussion teaching technique. Finally, the study recommended that activity-based teaching technique should be adopted for teaching foundry craft in technical colleges in Rivers State and Nigeria in general and teachers should also be trained to adopt it.
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