Simulation Technique as a Strategy for Enhancing Students Academic Achievement in Physics, Kogi State, Nigeria
Author: Yakubu Peter Abuh (Ph.d.), Nwaba Abraham Attah & Emmanuel Samson Joan A.
Abstract: This study focuses on the effect of using simulation techniques to enhance students’ academic achievement in Physics in Kogi State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a Quasi-experimental design. A sample of 294 senior secondary two students out of the total population of 7920, were selected randomly using the multistage sampling, technique. Physics Achievement Test-(PAT) was used for data collection. The data collected was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The findings revealed that the simulation teaching techniques had a significant effect on students’ academic achievement in physics. And female Also the finding revealed that there is a significant difference between the mean achievement scores of male and female students taught physics using simulation techniques. The researcher recommended that physics teachers should be retrained to adopt the use of simulation teaching techniques in order to enhance students’ achievement in physics among others.