Global Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics.
ISSN 0973-1768 Volume 13, Number 6 (2017), pp. 2347-2371
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Effects of Floating Facilitator and Peer Tutor Instructional
Approach on Students’ Psychomotor Achievement in
Electrical Installation and Maintenance in Technical
Colleges in Ondo State, Nigeria
Theresa C. Ogbuanya (Ph.D); and Ifeoluwa Reuben Akinduro (Ph.D)
Department of Industrial Technical Education, Faculty of Vocational and Technical
Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. 410001, Nigeria.
*Correspondence: Theresa
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of floating facilitator and peer tutor
instructional approaches on students’ psychomotor achievement in electrical
installation and maintenance in technical colleges in Ondo State, Nigeria. The
design used was quasi-experimental design. Purposive sampling technique
was used to select 171 students from four technical colleges. Two technical
colleges each were randomly selected to peer tutor as group A and the other
two colleges to floating facilitator as group B. The instrument used for data
collection was Electrical installation and maintenance Psychomotor Test
(EPT). The treatment group A used the peer tutor approach while treatment
group B used the floating facilitator approach. The treatment lasted for six
weeks for the groups concurrently each topic covering two weeks. The data
obtained were analyzed descriptively and inferentially. The mean and standard
deviation were used to answer the research questions while all the null
hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Analysis of
Covariance (ANCOVA) statistics and partial eta square for the effect size. The
results obtained showed that peer tutor approach had a significant effect on
students psychomotor achievement compared to floating facilitator approach.
There was a significant influence of gender on the psychomotor achievement
of male and female students also, there was a significant influence in ability
level of students in their psychomotor achievement, from the post hoc test, the
significance lies between the average and low ability level. These findings
imply among others that given a conducive learning environment provided