FLIPPED CLASSROOM LEARNING STRATEGY AND SS2 STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN GRAMMAR IN YENAGOA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAOF BAYELSA STATE

Abstract

The Study Investigated Flipped Classroom Learning Strategy and SS2 
Students’ Academic Performance in Grammar in YenagoaLocal Government 
Area of Bayelsa State. The study was guided with two objectives, two research 
questions and two hypotheses. The study adopted pre- test post- test intact 
class quasi- experimental research design. The population for this study was 
comprised ofall the two thousand eighteen (2,018) senior secondary two (SS2) 
students in the 28 government secondary schools in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. 
Simple random sampling technique was used to select 2 secondary schools for 
the study while stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting 
100 students from two schools made up of 60 males and 40 females in the 
selected local government area. Two classes were used to teach with the 
following methods: flipped classroom learning strategy and discussion 
method. A pre test of English Grammar Performance Test (EGPT) was given 
to all the students before the treatment. Thereafter, the experimental group was 
subjected to treatment. Students in the experimental group were exposed to 
lessons developed using flipped classroom learning strategy. The instrument 
for the data collection was English Grammar Performance Test (EGPT) which 
was used to determine the academic performance of the students. To establish 
the reliability of the instrument, Kuder- Richardson 21(K-R) method was 
employed and the reliability coefficient of 0.85 was obtained. Data analysis 
was subjected to mean scores, standard deviation and analysis of covariance 
(ANCOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that flipped 
classroom learning strategy is more effective than discussion method. Also, 
the findings indicated that gender has no influence on students’ achievement 
in grammar using flipped classroom. Based on the findings, the following 
recommendations were made: the curriculum developers should consider 
adopting flipped classroom learning strategy to prescribe activities for topics 
in English language.