VEE-MAPPING STRATEGY: A GENDER RESPONSIVE TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of vee-rnapping strategy, as a gender responsive technique, on basic science achievement of male and female students from junior secondary schools Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Three research questions were raised and two null hypotheses formulated to guide the study. А randomized pre-test-post-test control group design was used. Forty male and 40 female JSS two students in two public schools constituted the sample. The schools were selected using the simple random sampling technique. The students in intact were also randomly assigned to experimental group and a control groups. The instrument for data collection was a Basic Science Achievement Test (BSAT) with a reliability coefficient of 0.78 using the test-re-test method. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using ANCOVA at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study; revealed no significant difference between the post-test achievement mean scores of male and female students in Basic Science Achievement Test among others. It was recommended that basic science teachers should employ the vee-mapping strategy as a gender responsive- strategy for be enhancing students' thinking capacity for improved achievement in basic science.