EFFECT OF LITERATURE CIRCLES ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION IN GWER-WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE

Aondohemba Agbenge
Publisher: JOTERD {"id":5,"volume_name":"Vol 5 Number 1","created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"url":"volumes\/5.jpg"} (1): 1: doi: 1 Published in 2017

This study focused on the effect of literature circles on students’ achievement in reading comprehension in Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue State. The study adopted a pre-test pos-test quasi-experimental design of non-equivalent groups. A sample of 129 SS2 students (63 males and 66 females) was selected using a stratified random sampling technique, from four secondary schools. The instrument used for data collection was a Reading Comprehension Achievement Test (RCAT). Data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that literature circles have significant effect on reading comprehension. Results also showed no significant difference in the mean achievement between male and female students who were exposed to literature circles. However, there was a significant difference in the achievement of students in urban and rural schools who were exposed to literature circles in favour of the urban schools. The study recommended, among other things, that literature circles should be incorporated into the reading classroom as a teaching programme and that other professional bodies should encourage in-service training, seminars and workshops to expose teachers of English language to the use of literature circles for the development of reading comprehension skills.

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