Effective Social Studies Pedagogy: Effect of Simulation Games and Brainstorming Strategies on Students’ Learning Outcome

Sunday Obro, Clifford Edore Ogheneakoke, Williams P. Akpochafo

Abstract


This study explored the effects of game simulation and brainstorming pedagogy strategies on students’ learning outcomes. In addition, the study  compared the effects of three strategies on students’ learning outcomes. This study tested pedagogical strategies for effects on learning outcomes. The quasi-experimental research involved 180 students. The results reliably indicate that a simulation-game pedagogical strategy boosted students’ learning outcomes, while a brainstorming pedagogical strategy was effective on students’ learning outcomes. When equated with brainstorming and the lecture strategies in enhancing students’ learning outcomes, the superiority of the simulation-game pedagogical strategy was also observed. These findings indicate that innovative and student-centred pedagogical strategies such as simulation-game and brainstorming strategies improve students’ learning outcomes.   In-service teachers should be appropriately trained through seminars and conferences on modern pedagogical strategies such as brainstorming and simulation games for better Social Studies pedagogical strategies.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.20.3.1


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brainstorming; pedagogy; Social Studies; simulation game; students’ learning outcomes

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