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Predictive Effects of Motivation, Attitude, and Gender on Senior Secondary School Students’ Performance in Woodworking Technology Olabiyi, Oladiran Stephen
INVOTEC Vol 17, No 2 (2021)
Publisher : Faculty of Technological and Vocational Education-Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17509/invotec.v17i2.37354

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The study investigated the predictive effects of motivation, attitudes, and gender on senior secondary year two students’ performance in woodworking technology in Lagos state. It employed the descriptive-correlation method of research and data were obtained using a woodworking proficiency test (WWPT) with a KR-20 reliability coefficient of 0.85 from the sample of 180 students randomly selected. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics, including mean, standard deviation, independent samples t-test and multiple regression analysis to test hypotheses at 5% level of significance. Findings revealed that motivation and attitude towards woodworking technology predicted students’ performance in woodworking technology. The male students differed from female counterparts in woodworking technology performance. Male students were more motivated and have a positive attitude towards woodworking technology than females. However, no significant difference existed between the mean scores of the male and females in all the variables. It was recommended that educational institutions should have significant influence on students’ motivation and attitude through provision of supportive services, training facilities to engender social creativity and achieving desired goals and meeting required students’ academic performance.
Enhancing academic performance of basic technology students through differentiated instruction strategies in Junior Secondary Schools Olabiyi, Oladiran Stephen
Jurnal Pendidikan Teknologi dan Kejuruan Vol. 30 No. 1 (2024): (May)
Publisher : Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21831/jptk.v30i1.68377

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This study investigated the improvement of basic technology students' achievement using differentiated instruction learning strategies in Nigerian junior secondary schools using a pre-test and post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. The study was guided by three null hypotheses and three research questions, with the experimental group receiving tutelage using the differentiated learning strategy and the control group receiving instruction using the conventional teaching method for eight weeks. The Basic Technology Achievement Test (BTAT), with a KR-20 reliability coefficient of 0.85, was used to collect data. The findings revealed that students in the experimental group performed significantly better in basic technology than students in the control group. Furthermore, male students outperformed their female counterparts in basic technology with a differentiated learning strategy, though there was no significant difference between genders taught basic technology with a differentiated learning strategy. Gender had no statistically significant impact on students' achievement in woodworking technology. Furthermore, the interaction effect of treatment and gender on students' basic technology achievement was not statistically significant. The differentiated learning strategy made lessons more interesting and simpler, and it helped students form friendships. It was thus suggested that differentiated learning strategies be used as a close substitute for traditional teaching methods in teaching basic technology in Nigerian junior secondary schools.