EFFECT OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM PACKAGE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMICPERFORMANCE IN GEOGRAPHY IN OGBOMOSO NORTH, OYO STATE

Abstract

The study examined the effect of flipped class room instructional package on Secondary school students’ academic performance in Geography in Ogbomoso north local government area of Oyo State. The study adopted  pretest-posttest  control  group  quasi  experimental  research   design.The  sample  population consisted of 120 participants randomly selected from six secondary schools in the local government area. Intact  classes  were used in all  the selected schools. The participants  were divided into two groups (experimental and control). The experimental groups were taught with Flipped Class Room Instructional Package (FCIP). While the control groups were taught with Conventional Teaching Method (CTM).Two instruments were used in the study, they are; Geography Students’ Performance Test (GSPT) and Flipped Class Room Instructional Package (FCIP). Three research hypotheses were formulated and tested in the study.The results  revealed  that  students  taught  with FCIP  performed  significantly  better  than  their counterparts  taught  with the conventional teaching method. The study also  shows that  there  was no significant difference between the academic performance of male and female students taught with FCIP. The findings further revealed that there was significant difference between urban and rural  Geography students’ academic performance taught with FCIP. The study recommends that the use of FCIP should be encouraged in secondary schools, both male and female teachers should be motivated further to use FCIP in secondary schools and all facilities that can facilitate the use of FCIP in rural secondary schools should be provided by the government.