DEMONSTRATION AND QUESTIONING STRATEGIES CONSIDERED AS EFFECTIVE BY BUSINESS EDUCATORS FOR IMPROVING THE TEACHING OF BUSINESS SUBJECTS AT THE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Ugonwa F. Umeh (PhD), Chinwe Sussan Oguejiofor (PhD)

Abstract


The study was on demonstration and questioning strategies considered as effective by business educators for improving the teaching of business subjects at the senior secondary school level.  The survey design was used for the study. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study consisted of all the 587 teachers of business subjects in public secondary schools in Anambra State.  There was no sampling since the population was not too large.  A research-developed instrument duly validated by experts was used for data collection.  The mean statistics was used to answer the research questions while z-test was used to test the hypotheses.  The findings of the study are that business educators should use demonstration and questioning strategies in teaching business subjects at the senior secondary school level to improve the teaching and learning of business subjects. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that business educators should use demonstration and questioning strategies in teaching business subjects at the senior secondary school level to improve the teaching and learning of business subject.


Keywords


Demonstration, Questioning and strategies

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