Effects of Simulated-Building-Drawing Model on Students’ Academic Achievement in Building Technology in Polytechnics in Rivers State

Abstract

The study focused on the effect of simulated-building-drawing on students’ achievement in Building Technology 
in Polytechnics in Rivers State. The study explore effects of simulated-building-drawing on students’ achievement 
in masonry works and damp proofing skills in Polytechnics in Rivers State. Two purposes, research questions and 
hypotheses guided the study. The design of this study is a quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test design with 
experimental and non-equivalent groups. The population for the study comprised 160 National Diploma Level II 
Building Technology students in the two Polytechnic in Rivers State selected for the study. Purposive random 
sampling technique was used to select the two Polytechnics in Rivers State. Furthermore, the intact classes used 
indicated that the entire ND II Building Technology students in Captain Elechi Amadi and Ken Sarowiwa 
Polytechnics were used. The instrument, lesson plans and the Table of specification/Test Blue Print were subjected 
to face and content validation by two experts. The instrument has a reliability index of .87. The findings of the 
study revealed that the experimental group had a higher achievement mean score when compared with the control 
group and so on. The following recommendations were made based on the findings of the study: Simulation 
method of teaching should be adopted by curriculum designers and teachers as one of the participatory method of 
teaching and learning of building technology in Polytechnic and so on.