Effect of Blended Learning Approach on Biology Students’ Achievement in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria

This study investigated the effect of blended learning approach on Biology students’ achievement in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. The study adopted the pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group research design. The population of this study comprised all the 516 SSS II Biology students in public co-educational schools in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The sample of this study comprised all the 58 students from two intact classes selected. Two research questions were raised and all were hypothesized and tested to guide the direction of the study. The Biology Achievement Test (BAT) instrument comprising 30-items objective questions was used to collect data for the study. The instrument was validated by experts in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology, Faculty of Education, University of Benin. The BAT was trial tested on 20 students outside the sample area. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistic was deployed to obtain a reliability co-efficient of 0.750. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and ANCOVA statistics at 0.05 level of significance. It was found among others that there is no significant difference in achievement between students taught Biology with blended learning approach and traditional method. It was recommended among others that Workshops and seminars should be organized by states’ ministry of education for secondary school teachers on how to use Blended learning approach in teaching biological concepts. Secondly, Provisions should be made by local school authority and state government for computers, internet and power generating facilities that would enable teachers to adopt and students to learn using the blended learning approach.