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    Effectiveness of Think-Pair-Share and Think-Tac-Toe Strategies on Lower Primary school pupils' Academic performance in social studies in Osun State
    (The Institute of Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, 2022) AKINTUNDE, David, Olumide
    The study compared the effectiveness of think-pair-share and think-tac-toe instructional strategies on lower primary school pupils’ academic performance in Social Studies in Osun State, Nigeria. It determined the effectiveness of Think-Pair-Share (TPS) and Think-Tac-Toe (TTT) instructional strategies on lower primary school pupils’ performance in Social Studies in Ife Central Local Government; determined the effectiveness of the two strategies on lower primary school pupils’ performance in Social Studies based on school type in study area; and examined the effectiveness of the two strategies on lower primary school pupils’ performance in Social Studies based on gender in study area. These were with a view to improving the academic performance of lower primary school pupils in Social Studies in Osun State. The study adopted the non-equivalent pre-test, post-test, quasi experimental research design. The study population consisted of all both Government and Private primary three pupils in Osun State. One senatorial district was selected among the three senatorial districts using simple random technique. One local government area was selected from the selected senatorial district using simple random sampling technique. From the selected local government area, two private schools and two public schools were selected using purposive sampling techniques based on availability of instructional facilities. Four intact classes were selected from two private and two public schools which were consisted of primary three pupils using simple random sampling technique and a total of 75 pupils were randomly sampled using simple random sampling technique. Data collected from both pretest and posttest was analysed using the analysis of covariance. (ANCOVA). The results showed that there was no significant effectiveness of TTT and the TPS teaching strategies on academic performance of pupils’ exposed to TTT and the TPS teaching strategies in learning Social Studies with F (1, 72) = 1.293, p>0.05, ETA squared value of 0.018. The result also revealed that there was no significant effectiveness in the performance of the pupils taught with TTT and TPS strategies in learning Social Studies when comparing with school type with F (1, 70) = 0.103, P > 0.05, ETA squared value of 0.001; and finally, there was no significant difference in the performance of the male pupils and female pupils taught with TTT and TPS strategies in learning Social Studies with F(1, 70) = 0.448, p>0.05, ETA squared value of 0.006 The study concluded that TPS and TTT Strategies are effective at improving the academic performance of public and private lower primary school pupils in Social Studies in Osun State.