Correlate of Socio-Economic Background and Academic Performance among Senior Secondary School Government Students Using Advance Organizer Learning Strategy

Abstract

The studies investigated if advance organizer learning will facilitate learning of some selected Government concepts among senior secondary school students in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study assessed the differences in the academic performances from low, middle, and high socio-economic backgrounds of students after they have been exposed to advance organizers learning strategy. The design for the study was a pre- test- post-test control group design. The sample comprised 151 government students from four intact classrooms in Ibadan, Oyo State. The students were assigned to three groups namely, A, B, C. Each presented with a different leaning package. Group A was given complete package of advance organizer plus verbal instruction, group B was taught with verbal instruction only while group C was neither taught advance organiser nor given verbal instruction . Questionnaire was administered to collect data on the students’ socio-economic background..Pre-test and post-test were conducted. The data collected were analysed using inferential statistics. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant difference among the three groups. This significant difference is in favour of advance organizers plus verbal instruction group. The study concluded that advance organizers learning strategy facilitated the learning of Government concepts and that students’ academic performance was influenced by their socio-economic backgrounds

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n3p89