RESTORING STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN POST COVID-19 CLASSROOM THROUGH BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

Mohammed, Abdullahi, Abubakar (CLN); Adama Sani Shuaibu & Jamilu Jaafar Salihu

Abstract

This study is titled “Restoring Students’ Academic Achievement in Post Covid-19 Classroom
through Blended Learning Environment in Kaduna State, Nigeria”. The study is aimed at
determining impact of blended learning environment in restoring students’ academic achievement
in post covid-19 classroom through blended learning environment in secondary schools in
Kaduna State, Nigeria. The research question and null hypothesis were postulated based on the
objective raised. The study was a non-equivalent pre and post-test comparison group design. The
population consists of junior secondary schools students in Zaria Education Zone numbering
26,322 as at 2016/2017 academic session. However, 120 were purposively used. The Social
Studies Achievement Test (SOSAT) was used as the data collection instrument. The instrument
was duly validated by experts. The Guttmann split half method was used in determining reliability
coefficient and 0.89 was realised. The arithmetic means, standard deviation and independent
samples t-test were used as data analysis tools. The researchers found from the study that
students taught in a blended learning environment (BLE) outperformed students taught in a
traditional learning environment (TLE). Based on the findings, it was recommended among
others that blended learning environment to be incorporated as instructional strategy of choice
for Social Studies teaching in post covid-19 classroom.