EFFECT OF ONE-MINUTE PAPER COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY ON JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BUSINESS STUDIES IN LAGOS STATE

Abstract

This study examined the effect of one-minute paper cooperative learning strategy on the academic achievement of junior secondary school students in business studies within Lagos State. A quasi-experimental design of pre-test, post-test, control group was adopted. One research question was raised, and one null hypothesis was formulated to achieve the study's objective. The sample consisted of 259 JSS3 students from two intact classes in secondary schools in Lagos State. The Business Studies Achievement Test (BSAT), with a reliability coefficient of 0.75, was validated and utilized for data collection.  Mean, standard deviation and t-test were the statistical measures employed to analyze the data collected. The findings of the research question showed that students taught using a one-minute paper cooperative learning strategy performed better than their counterparts taught with the conventional method. The findings of the hypothesis revealed that there is a significant difference between the mean achievement scores of students taught business studies using the minute papers strategy and those taught using the conventional method. The study recommends among others that one minute papers cooperative learning strategy should be adopted in the teaching of business studies in secondary schools and that government through the Ministry of Education should include one-minute paper cooperative learning strategy in the list of suggested methods for teaching business studies in the curriculum of junior secondary schools in Lagos State and Nigeria at large due to their immense benefits.