EFFECTS OF TEST FEEDBACK ON STUDENTS’ INTEREST AND ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORTHAND ASPECT OF BUSINESS STUDIES IN JOS METROPOLIS, NIGERIA

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of test feedback on students’ interest and achievement in shorthand aspect of Business studies in Jos metropolis, Nigeria. The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. Quasi-experimental research design was used for the study. The population of the study consisted of all JSS II students in Jos metropolis and the sample consisted of one hundred and three (103) JSS II students in two intact classes of public secondary schools selected through simple random sampling from Jos metropolis. Two research instruments titled Students interest towards shorthand rating scale (SISHR) and Shorthand Achievement Test (SHAT) were constructed and used as instruments for data collection, the two instruments where validated by two experts one from research measurement and evaluation and two from business education department of the faculty of education university of jos. The reliability of the instruments was established and were found to be 0.83 and 0.76. The data obtained were analyzed using the descriptive and inferential statistic; specifically, mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using the t-test for independent sample. The result obtained from the study indicated that students exposed to test feedback in Shorthand aspect of Business studies in Jos metropolis performed significantly better than the control group who were taught using the conventional method; also male students had better achievement than their female counterparts. Based on the findings, it was recommended that test feedback strategy should be employed by business studies teachers in teaching shorthand aspect of Business studies.