Effects of Use of Advance Organizers on Students’ Performance and Retention of the Concepts of Electromagnetism

 Okey, I. F. and Avwiri, E.

Department of Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology,

University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

E-mail: Franokey2000@yahoo.com , eseroghene.avwiri@uniport.edu.ng  

ABSTRACT

The study investigated the effects of Pictorial, written and verbal advance organizers on student’s performance and retention of the concepts of electromagnetism. A total of 200 students comprising of 108 females and 92 males of Senior Secondary School two (SS2) physics students were involved in the study. The study adopted a pretest-post test control design. From the findings it was observed that the Pictorial Advance Organizers (PAO) is most facilitating in enhancing the performance and Retention of concepts in electromagnetism. No significant difference existed between the mathematical abilities of students taught using the advance organizers and those taught without advance organizers in their performances on the concepts of electromagnetism. Based on the conclusion of this study it is recommended that teachers should be encouraged to make use of Pictorial Advance Organizer (PAO) in teaching the concepts of electromagnetism, irrespective of student’s mathematical ability, in order to improve on their performance and retention of electromagnetism.