Exploring the Potency of Learning Together Strategy in Improving Secondary School Students Attitude towards Civic Education

Abstract

Learning Together strategy structures instructional activities around principles such as positive interdependence, individual accountability, promotive face-to-face interaction, social and collaborative skills, and group processing. This study examined the efficacy of learning together strategy on secondary school students’ attitude towards civic education. Quasi-experimental design, pretest-post-test control group design was employed. A total of 102 SS II students in two intact classes, located in two senatorial districts in Lagos State, participated in the study. Civic Education Attitude Questionnaire (CEAQ) with a reliability coefficient of 0.80 was used for data collection. Data collected were analysed using mean, standard deviation and ANCOVA. It was revealed that a statistically significant difference exists in the attitude of the students in the learning together and conventional lecture group, in favour of the earning together group [F(1, 100) = 7.99; p < 0.05].Also, there was no differential impact of gender on the attitude of students taught using learning together strategy. It was concluded that learning together is a potent strategy for enhancing students’ attitude towards civic education.