Correlates Of Group Work And Senior Secondary School Students Performance In Education

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study Teaching and learning at the secondary school is fast changing; group work has become an important focus in this time of pedagogical change (Burke, 2011). Group work is one strategy for group instruction which is under the learner-centered approach. It is a pedagogical approach that promotes students to students’ interaction through working in small groups to maximize their learning and reach their shared goals (Adekola, 2014). Group learning is an instructional program in which students work in small groups to help one another master acad…