Effect of Brainstorming and Expository Teaching Methods on Students Academ

Abstract

The study was carried out to determined effect of brainstorming teaching methods on students’ 
academic performance and interest in Business Studies in secondary schools in Akwa Ibom 
State. Quasi-experimental research design was used for this study. A sample size of 147 
students were selected from a population of 38, 293 junior secondary three (JS 3) students in 
all the 270  public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. Purposive sampling technique was 
used for the selection. Researcher-developed instruments tagged: “Business Studies 
Performance Test  (BSPT)”   and “Business Studies Interest Inventory (BSII)” were used for 
data collection. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while 
Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)   was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. 
The major findings of the study showed that there is significant difference in the mean 
performance score of students taught the concept of balance sheet using brainstorming and 
expository teaching  methods and that there is significant difference in the mean  interest scores 
of students taught the concept of balance sheet using brainstorming and expository teaching 
methods. It was recommended among others that, the state ministries of education should 
organize seminars and workshops to create awareness to teachers on the importance of 
brainstorming in order to enhance academic performance of students taught balance sheet in 
business method.