ABSTRACT

Abstract

The study investigated the effects of scaffolding instructional techniques on the academic achievement of students in Automobile Technology. A quasi–experimental pretest, posttest design with an experimental and non-equivalent control group was adopted. The population of the study consisted of 187 technical college school year two students in four Technical College in Lagos State. Due to the relatively small and manageable size of the population, no sampling was made as the entire population was used. Two instruments were used for data collection, Automobile Technology Achievement Test (ATAT) and conventional teacher made test. The data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions while analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study among other things found out that, there is a significant difference in performance of students taught with scaffolding technique than those taught with conventional lecture method.

Keywords: Technology; ATAT; Technical Colleges.