Collaborative learning in flipped classrooms: enhancing physics education retention in Nigerian secondary schools

Authors

  • Amosa Isiaka Gambari Department of Educational Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-2415
  • Mutahir Oluwafemi Abanikannda Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria Author
  • Lucy Folaranmi Abolarinwa Department of Educational Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Author
  • Oluwole Caleb Falode Department of Educational Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Author
  • Uno Uno Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15294/ijcets.v13i1.13835

Keywords:

Flipped Classroom, Collaborative Learning, physic education, student retention, quasi-experimental design, blended learning

Abstract

The study examined the impact of three flipped modes of classroom collaborative learning strategies on secondary school students’ retention in Physics in Minna by employing a quasi-experimental design. A sample of 146 students (67 male and 79 female) from four randomly selected Senior Secondary Schools participated. The study formulated three research questions and corresponding hypotheses, tested at a 0.05 significance level. A validated 50-item multiple-choice Physics Achievement Test (PAT) with a reliability coefficient of 0.84 was used for data collection. ANCOVA was employed to analyse the hypotheses. Results indicated that flipped classroom approaches significantly affected students’ achievement and retention. Both male and female students benefited equally from these strategies. The study recommends implementing flipped classroom techniques to enhance Physics instruction in Nigeria, along with training workshops for teachers on blended learning methods. 

Author Biographies

  • Amosa Isiaka Gambari, Department of Educational Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

    Amosa Isiaka GAMBARI is a Nigerian professor of Educational Technology at the Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria. He holds a Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE Tech. Edu) in 1991 from Kwara State College of Education Ilorin; Higher National Diploma in Public Administration in (1997) from Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. He obtained his Bachelor Degree in Educational Technology from University of Ilorin in 1997 and his Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science from Federal University of Technology Minna in 2003. He also got his Master Degree in Educational Technology from Federal University of Technology Minna in 2004, and a Ph.D in Educational Technology from University of Ilorin in 2011. He is a registered member of several professional Associations such as Teacher Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), International Forum of Educational Technology and Society (IFETS), Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and Educational and Media Technology of Nigeria (EMTAN).

  • Mutahir Oluwafemi Abanikannda, Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria

    BIOSKETCH@Dr. ABANIKANNDA

    Dr. M. O. M. ABANIKANNDA

    Associate Professor

    Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education,
    Osun State University, P.M.B. 4494, Osogbo, Nigeria.

    +2348034248164;  [email protected].    

    Area of Specialization & Research Interest: Computing/IT Education, Learning Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Technopreneurship.

    Dr. Abanikannda graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 2001 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Education Chemistry. He later obtained a higher degrees in Science, Science Education and Technology.

    He won the Osun State Award of Postgraduate Scholarship under the keenly Competed Osun State University Special Doctoral Staff Training Programme in 2007. He was a two-time recipient of Tertiary Education Trust Fund NRF Grant and has also won the TETFund grant for Institution-Based Research. He has participated in two international grants and has won three travel grants to his credit.  

    He has published in numerous reputable national and international outlets and has attended numerous conferences, he belongs to more than fifteen professional bodies. He is the Implementation Facilitator and Head of the Digital Innovation and Business Start-up Hub (DIBUSH), domiciled in Osun State University main campus, Osogbo.    

     

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Published

2025-04-30

Article ID

13835

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2025): April 2025

Section

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