EFFECTS OF COOPERATIVE AND PROBLEM–BASED LEARNING METHODS ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS INTEREST IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN AKOKO-EDO, EDO STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Cooperative Learning Method, Financial Accounting, Interest, Problem-Based Learning Method, Secondary Schools.Abstract
This study examined the effects of cooperative and problem-based learning on secondary school students interest in financial accounting in Akoko-Edo, Edo State, Nigeria. A quasi-experimental research design was employed to achieve the goal of the study. A population of 217 SS II students from three secondary schools in 2021/2022 academic session was employed as participants for the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire validated by some experts with a reliability coefficient value of 0.75. a pre-treatment questionnaire was administered before the intervention and a post-treatment questionnaire was administered after the intervention. Data collected from the respondents were analyzed with a Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS). Mean and standard deviation statistics was used to answer the research questions. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at a significant level of 0.05. The outcome of the study indicated that cooperative and problem–based learning methods increase secondary school students interest in financial accounting in Akoko-Edo, Edo state, Nigeria. The authors of the present study concluded that the use of cooperative and problem-based learning methods would help to increase secondary school students interest in financial accounting in Akoko-Edo, Edo State, Nigeria. The authors of the study recommended, among others, that secondary school stakeholders such as Ministry of Education and Principals should endeavour to create an enabling environment that would provide opportunity for teachers to use cooperative and problem-based learning methods and for students to exert high interest in financial accounting in secondary schools in Edo State.
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