Effects of Engagement Learning Strategy on Academic Achievement of Business Education Students in Colleges of Education in Oyo State

Abstract

The study utilized a quasi-experimental design, in which a group of 106 second-year business education students were used as intact classes. The primary tool for the study was the Student Academic Achievement Test in Entrepreneurship (SAATE). The pre-test was given to both the experimental and control group, after which the experimental group received engagement learning strategy treatment for six weeks. At the end of the treatment period, a post test was administered to both groups to determine the difference in their academic achievements. The results of data analysis showed that engagement learning strategy is more effective than the conventional (lecture) method, in teaching business education students in colleges of education (f=359.330, df=1,102, p=(0.000)<0.05).Results also showed that there is no significant effect of gender on academic performance in both the control group and the experiment group (f=0.3966, df=1,102, p= (0.049)>0.05). Based on the effectiveness of engagement learning strategy as found out in this study, it is recommended among others that, engagement learning strategy should be adopted as an effective learning strategy in order to improve students' academic achievement. Its usage will encourage the students to participate in the learning activities effectively and enhance learning.