Effect of Practice Based Inquiry (PBI) Cycle on Students’ Psychomotor Achievement and Interest in Welding and Fabrication Engineering Craft Practice in Kano State

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of practice based enquiry cycle on students’ psychomotor achievement and interest in welding and fabrication engineering craft practice in Kano State. The Study had four objectives, answered for research questions and tested for null hypothesis at 0.05 significant level. A quasi-experimental, the pre-test, post-test, non-experimental control group design was employed for the study. Three technical colleges in Kano State were used. The sample for the study consisted of 160 National Technical Certificate II (NTCII) Students from two intact classes. The classes were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The instrument used for the study was Welding and Fabrication Craft Practice Achievement Test (WFCPAT) and Welding and Fabrication Interest Inventory (WFII). Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) Formula was used for WFCPAT and Cronbach Alpha was used for WFII reliability coefficient of 0.88 and 0.80 respectively. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer research questions and ANCOVA was used to test hypotheses. The findings of this study showed that there was significant difference in the psychomotor achievement students taught welding and fabrication engineering craft practice using base enquiry cycle and those taught using demonstration method and there was no significant difference in the interest level of students thought welding and fabrication engineering craft practice using practice based enquiry cycle based on gender. The strategy therefore, was recommended to be used by the technical college teachers in the teaching of welding and fabrication engineering craft practice and metal work in general. Also, government should provide tools and equipment needed to teach the state-of –the –art of mental work in the technical colleges.