Title:
EFFECT OF FIELD TRIP ON GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Authors:
Kawu Waziri, Arabi Ahmad Yusuf and Murtala Muhammad

Abstract:
This study was carried out to investigate the effect of field trips on geography students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria. A pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of 12,366 SS II students in the state. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 240 students from two intact classes in two secondary schools in the state. The schools were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, the experimental group was taught using a field trip teaching strategy while the control group was taught using the conventional lecture method for eight weeks. The instrument used for data collection was the Geography Achievement test GAT which composes of 35 items with a reliability value of 0.71. Research questions were answered using descriptive statistics while hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance using ANCOVA. The finding of the study revealed that the Field Trip teaching strategy is highly effective in improving students' academic performance. From the result the study recommendations were made there is a need for teaching and learning involving student participation such as field trip teaching strategy which enhances learning.

Keywords:
Field trip, Students, Geography