Effects of jigsaw-iv on students’ attitude towards maintenance/ repairs of electrical equipment at colleges of education in Kano-Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the effects of Jigsaw-IV on students’ attitude towards maintenance and repairs of electrical equipment at colleges of education in Kano-Nigeria. One research question and hypothesis guided the study. The population for the study was sixty-two (62) students, consisting all NCE III Electrical/Electronic Technology Education students at colleges of education in Kano-Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to sample the two (2) colleges of education for the study. Quasi experimental design involving the pre-test, post-test of non-equivalent group was used for the study. Jigsaw-IV strategy was used in teaching the experimental group and demonstration teaching method was used in teaching the control group, 40 items questionnaire was used to seek the opinions of students on their attitude towards Maintenance and Repairs of Electrical Equipment, the instrument was subjected to parallel forms reliability analysis where the scores from both parallel tests was correlated using Cronbach's Alpha, it yielded reliability coefficient of 0.73. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research question while Analysis of Covariance was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The findings of the study revealed that Jigsaw-IV strategy improved student’s attitude toward maintenance and repairs of electrical equipment and there is significant difference in students attitude mean scores taught maintenance and repairs of electrical equipment using Jigsaw-IV strategy compared to those taught using demonstration method.