EFFECT OF FORMATIVE TEST ON ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, SHIYA, KWARA STATE
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2023
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This research investigated the effect of formative test on the achievement of
students in Agricultural Science in Government Secondary School Shiya,
Kwara State, Nigeria. Three hypothesis were formulated and addressed one
after the other. Non-equivalent pre-test post-test control group quasi experimental design was adopted for the study. Intact classes purposively
selected from the UBE section of the school. (UBE 2A, and UBE 2B),
control and experimental groups respectively was involved as the
population. The instruments used for this research were pre-test, diagnostic
formative tests, parallel formative tests. Agricultural Science Achievement
Test. (ASAT) was used as post-test. Findings showed that formative Test
significantly improved students’ achievement in Agricultural Science.
Analysis of Covariance was used to test the hypotheses, at 0.05 level of
significance. The result obtained showed that the group exposed to
treatment (Formative Test) performed significantly better than the control
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group. The second finding shows that the use of practical work in formative
test contributed immensely to the achievement rate of the experimental
group. So also, gender was found not to be a threat to learning, as there
was no significant difference in the performance of male and female
students in Agricultural Science. Based on the findings of this study, it was
concluded and recommended that formative test should be adopted so as to
attain better academic achievements among secondary school students.