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This study was designed to examine the effects of the use of Advance Organizers on students' achievement in reading comprehension in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. This study was carried out using the quasi-experimental research design. A sample of 102 junior secondary school two (2) students were drawn from the population of 5396. The reliability coefficient of the instrument for this study is 0.5 using Kuder Richardson coefficient. Four (4) research questions were raised and hypothesized to guide this study. Two instruments were used for this study. Reading Comprehension Achievement Test 1(RCAT 1) and Reading Comprehension Achievement Test 2(RCAT 2). Both were made up of two sections. Section A consists of demographic information such as name of school, serial
number and student's gender. Section B consists of two comprehension passages having fifteen multiple choice questions. Students were pretested using RCAT 1 and post tested using RCAT 2. Data collected were analyzed using mean, t-test and ANCOVA.
The study revealed that there was difference in the reading comprehension achievement of students taught with the use of advance organizers. The study also revealed that there was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores of students taught reading comprehension with the use of advance organizers. There was no significant difference in reading comprehension achievement of male and female students taught with the use of advance organizers and there was no interaction effect of method by gender on students' achievement in reading comprehension. Based on the findings, it is concluded that the use of advance organizers enhances students' achievement in reading comprehension over the use of the basal method. Based on this, the study amongst others recommend that teachers should be encouraged to teach reading using the best possible methods like the use of advance organizers which was found to be very effective. Also, teachers should be trained on how to use the method so as to avoid distractions and manage time.
number and student's gender. Section B consists of two comprehension passages having fifteen multiple choice questions. Students were pretested using RCAT 1 and post tested using RCAT 2. Data collected were analyzed using mean, t-test and ANCOVA.
The study revealed that there was difference in the reading comprehension achievement of students taught with the use of advance organizers. The study also revealed that there was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores of students taught reading comprehension with the use of advance organizers. There was no significant difference in reading comprehension achievement of male and female students taught with the use of advance organizers and there was no interaction effect of method by gender on students' achievement in reading comprehension. Based on the findings, it is concluded that the use of advance organizers enhances students' achievement in reading comprehension over the use of the basal method. Based on this, the study amongst others recommend that teachers should be encouraged to teach reading using the best possible methods like the use of advance organizers which was found to be very effective. Also, teachers should be trained on how to use the method so as to avoid distractions and manage time.
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