Volume 12 Issue 1, January, 2024

Assessment Of Instructional Board Games on Academic Performance of Primary School Pupils, Lagos State, Nigeria

Abanum, Collins Ifeanyichukwu., Enitan Omolara Falade. & Aina, Jeremiah Oluwafemi

Abstract

The study examined the impact of an instructional board game on the academic performance of primary school pupils in Lagos State, Nigeria. A sample of 30 pupils was selected using convenience sampling techniques. The English Language Achievement Test and an Instructional Board Game were used as the research instruments. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted, and hypotheses were raised and tested, which showed a significant difference in the academic performance between pupils taught using the board game and those without the board game. It was recommended that instructional board games are a very good strategy in teaching and should be used as a new strategy in primary schools in order to enhance learning, and the government or school owners should start approving the use of instructional board games in classrooms to make learning fun.

Keywords

Board game, academic performance, Pupils, Instructional Strategy

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