Effect of Metacognition Approach on Agricultural Science Achievement of Senior Secondary Students in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government, Nasarawa State, Nigeria (original) (raw)

2023, INTERNATIONAL JOUNAL OF: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Students skills secondary schools such as self-awareness, self-monitoring, self-reflection, and self-regulation, all of which play a crucial role in effective learning, critical thinking, and decision-making. To stimulate this, the scholars investigated the effect of Metacognition Approach (MA)on Agricultural science achievement of senior secondary students in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Two research questions with its corresponding null hypotheses guided the study. Quasi-experimental research design involving pre-test, post-test control group was employed. The population for the study consists of all 3,343 SS II students that offering Agricultural Science and 140 students were used as sample size of the study. 50 multiple-choice items entitled ‘‘Agricultural Science Achievement Test’’ (ASAT) were used as an instrument for data collection. ASAT was validated and piloted, yielding a validity index of 0.87 and a reliability index of 0.87 using KR20. Data were examined using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions, while analysis of covariance (ANCOV) was employed to test the null hypotheses (Ho) at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings of this study revealed that, there was a statistically significant difference in the mean achievement scores of students taught Agricultural Science using MA and those counterparts in conventional class. Further result revealed that, there is no statistically significant interaction difference in the mean achievement scores of male and female students taught Agricultural Science using MA and those counterparts in conventional class. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that teachers of Agricultural Science should use Metacognition Approach to teach will expend student achievement. Keywords: Metacognition Approach, Agricultural Science, Achievement, Students, skills