IMPACT OF COMPETENCY-BASED TEACHING METHOD ON STUDENTS' PRACTICAL SKILLS PERFORMANCE IN MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICS WORKS: A CASE STUDY OF DELTA STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study determined the Impact of Competency-Based Teaching Method on Students' Practical Skills Performance in Motor Vehicle Mechanics Works. The study adopted quasi-experimental design. It was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses tested at 0. 05 level of significance. The population was 13 6 National Technical Certificate II Students (NTC II) from the six technical colleges in Delta State. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample four schools with sample size of92 NTC II Students. Motor Vehicle Mechanics Works Practical Test was the instrument used for data collection and was validated by five experts. Kuder Richardson 21 formula was used to obtain reliability co-efficient of 0.87 for the study. Statistical mean andANCOVA were used to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that students in experimental group performed better than those in control group. It was concluded that CBTM is more effective in improving students" practical skills' performance. The study recommended that CBTM should be integrated into MVMW curriculum.for ????ffective teaching.