Volume 8, Issue 4, October 2014, Pages 1589–1593
Cecilia Omobola Odejobi1, H.O. Ajayi2, and C.F. Olokunlade3
1 Institute of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria
2 Institute of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria
3 Institute of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria
Original language: English
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The study investigated into the effect of pictorial reading strategy on the learning of proverbs and riddles with view to elucidating the need to uphold making children to be well- grounded in their first language. The study adopted quasi- experimental pre-test-post-test design. Three intact classes of Primary Six pupils were assigned to two experimental and one control groups. The treatment took a period of six weeks. Data were subjected to inferential statistics of Analysis of Co-variance (ANCOVA). The results showed a significant effect with the pre-test level,(F(2, 164) = .837;p> 0.05) and the post-test,(F(1,164)=12.668; p<0.05; R
Author Keywords: Pictorial reading strategy, learning, proverbs, riddles, primary school Pupils.
Cecilia Omobola Odejobi1, H.O. Ajayi2, and C.F. Olokunlade3
1 Institute of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria
2 Institute of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria
3 Institute of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The study investigated into the effect of pictorial reading strategy on the learning of proverbs and riddles with view to elucidating the need to uphold making children to be well- grounded in their first language. The study adopted quasi- experimental pre-test-post-test design. Three intact classes of Primary Six pupils were assigned to two experimental and one control groups. The treatment took a period of six weeks. Data were subjected to inferential statistics of Analysis of Co-variance (ANCOVA). The results showed a significant effect with the pre-test level,(F(2, 164) = .837;p> 0.05) and the post-test,(F(1,164)=12.668; p<0.05; R
Author Keywords: Pictorial reading strategy, learning, proverbs, riddles, primary school Pupils.
How to Cite this Article
Cecilia Omobola Odejobi, H.O. Ajayi, and C.F. Olokunlade, “Pictorial Reading Strategy and the Learning of Proverbs and Riddles among Primary School Pupils,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1589–1593, October 2014.
