Ukpai Patricia Ogonnaya
Biology Department,
School of Sciences,
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo,
Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
&
Nwotolo Lazarus Prince
Biology Department,
School of Sciences,
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo,
Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Abstract.
The study investigated the effects of graphic organizer on students’ retention in biology. The study was
carried out in Ebonyi state of Nigeria. The study used a quasi experimental design specifically, the pretest
posttest non-equivalent control group research design. The sample used was 122 students selected from two secondary schools drawn from the population through a simple random sampling. One school was used for treatment group and the other for control group. Graphic organizer method was used to teach the treatment group while conventional method was used to teach the control group. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. Mean, standard deviation and the Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) were used for data analysis. Results of the study showed that graphic organizer enhances students’ retention in biology than conventional method. The results also showed that graphic organizer boosts the retention of both male and female students in the subject. In addition, the results showed that there is no interaction between gender and teaching methods in students’ retention in biology.
Keywords: Graphic, Organizer, Retention, Biology, Conventional, Method.
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