Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2024

Effectiveness of Think-Pair-Share Method on The Reading Comprehension and Attitude of Lagos State Junior Secondary School Students

Okebukola Foluso. O, Olaniyan-Shobowale Khadijat. O, & Crowntney Olugbenga Emmanuel

Abstract

The consistent failure rate in English language by students in the final lap of the senior secondary school is largely traceable to the teaching methods employed by the teachers’ (conventional teaching method). This paper sets out to explore the effectiveness of Think-Pair-Share Method on Upper Basic Education English Students in Lagos State, Nigeria. Three research objectives were proposed to guide the study and two research questions were raised while one hypothesis was tested. The study adopted a mixed research design. The population for this research comprised the entire public Upper Basic II Education Students in Lagos State. A total of 159 students was sampled. The instrument for data collection was a researcher-made Questionnaire on the Perception of students and Achievement test on Reading Comprehension towards Think-Pair-Share Method (QPT&ATRCTPS). The research instruments were appropriately validated by Test and Measurements experts, educational technology professionals and English language experts. The study answered two research questions and tested one hypothesis. The data obtained were analyzed using mixed research design with statistical tools like mean, mean difference, standard deviation, and standard deviation difference. The study reveals that the performance of students is highly related to their acquisition of knowledge using the Think-Pair-Share Method. This implies that students will perform better if taught using the Think-Pair-Sharer teaching method in the classroom as an instructional method .On the basis of this, it was concluded and recommended that Think-Pair-Share is more effective in achieving instructional objectives in reading comprehension of the English language. In addition to this, school administrators, education managers as well as teachers should see to the implementation of the result-oriented teaching methods and also constantly organizing continuous training/ seminars for teachers towards keeping them abreast of the current teaching methods.

Keywords

Think-Pair-Share, Reading Comprehension, English Achievement Test, students’ Perception and Method.

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