EBOHON GRACE IHINOSEN KUWANTA
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION
NASSARAWA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, AKWANGA.
Abstract.
The study was on Effect of Simulation Teaching Technique on Students’ Achievement and Interest in Motor vehicle Mechanic Work in Technical Colleges of Nasarawa State in Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. A quasi-experimental design was used for the study. Specifically, the pre-test, post-test, non-equivalent control group design was adopted for the study. The sample size for the study was 57 made up of year two auto mechanic students in Technical Colleges in Nasarawa State, comprising 45 males and 12 female students. The population sample (57) was divided into two: Experimental group (29) and Control group (28). The Motor Vehicle Mechanic Achievement Test (MVMWAT) and Motor Vehicle Mechanic Work Interest Inventory (MVMWII) were instruments used for data collection. The instruments were face validated by three experts from the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The reliability of the instruments was established through a trial test on automobile technology students from Government Technical College Bukuru and yielded a reliability co-efficient of 0.69, using Kuder Richardson formula; and 0.98 respectively, using Cronbach Alpha technique. The experimental procedure involved two groups: experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught with Simulation Teaching Technique (STP) while the control group was taught with the conventional teaching technique. Measures for control of extraneous variables were employed. Data generated for the study were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while analysis of covariance and t-test were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Data analyzed revealed better performance of students taught with simulation teaching technique as against students taught with the conventional teaching technique. Thus, there is significant difference in the two teaching techniques with regards to students’ interest. Also revealed from the study was students’ high degree of interest for Automobile Technology. Based on the findings, it was recommended that administrators of technical colleges should as a matter of fact provide and install what it takes to make simulation teaching technique a success. Also recommended was that the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) should work on effecting simulation teaching technique as a standardized teaching technique for the implementation of automobile technology and other program in technical colleges.
Keywords: Simulation Teaching Technique, Achievement, Interest and Motor Vehicle.
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