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Effect of Peer Assessment Technique on Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Physics: Effect of Peer Assessment Technique on Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Physics

Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: This study examined the effect of peer assessment on physics students’achievement in secondary schools. Three research questions and five nullhypotheses provided focus to the study. The design was quasiexperimental, specifically a pre-test, post-test non-equivalent control group.A total of 220 Senior Secondary School two (SSS 2) Physics students fromEnugu Education Zone of Enugu State were involved in the study. PhysicsAchievement Test (PAT) was used as an instrument for data collection; theinstrument was validated by three experts and a pilot test was conductedand a reliability coefficient index was established to be 0.89. Results wereanalyzed using mean, standard deviation and Analysis of Covariance(ANCOVA). The Analyses from the results showed that there is thedifference in the mean Physics achievement scores of students in theexperimental and control groups, the experimental groups performed betterin Physics test than their counterpart who were not exposed to peerassessment technique. However, the findings revealed that there is nosignificant difference in Physics achievement scores of male and femalestudents exposed to peer assessment technique. The findings also showedthat school type has no significant effect on the achievement of the studentsexposed to peer assessment technique. The findings showed that there wasno interaction effect between gender and peer assessment technique asmeasures by PAT. It also showed that there was no interaction effectbetween school type and peer assessment technique as measure by PAT.The study recommended that peer assessment technique should be used inthe teaching of Physics to students irrespective of school type. In-serviceand pre-service teachers should be acquainted on how to use the techniquein workshop and method class respectively.
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220299419
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