IMPACT OF INTERACTIVE TEACHING APPROACH ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN ISAAC JASPER BORO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BAYELSA STATE.

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the impact of interactive teaching strategy on the academic performance of Agricultural Education students at Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education in Bayelsa State. A case study approach was used and purposive sampling. Instructors were observed during lectures followed by interviews. The t-test was used to compare the GPAs of students enrolled in agriculture courses in 2014, 2015, and 2016 to evaluate if there is a significant difference between the teaching methods. Results showed that lecturers use both the interactive teaching approach (ITA) and the traditional teaching technique (TTA). The mean academic performance of students taught with ITA and TTA was 55.37 and 53.90, respectively, indicating that ITA had a greater influence on students' academic performance. At the 0.025 significance level, there was a significant difference between the two instructional approaches. It is important for teachers in higher education institutions to create an environment conducive to learning in order to enhance the development of students' learning processes, increase their knowledge of various instructional strategies in order to keep students engaged and motivated throughout the learning process, encourage students in presentation skills and reading of material related to course content besides lecture notes, and motivate students to become involved in academic in-class activities.