GENDER DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF BRAINSTORMING ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS CREATIVITY IN DATA PROCESSING IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study determined the effect of gender on senior secondary school students' creativity in data processing in Anambra State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested. Quasi-experimental research design specifically, pre-test post-test non-equivalent control group design was adopted for the study. Population was 3,182 senior secondary two (SS2) Data Processing students in 2022/2023 academic session in Anambra State. A multi-stage random sampling techniquewas used to select a sample size of 60 intact class SS2 students for the study. Rating Scale for Creativity Skills in Data Processingwas used for data collection. The face and content validity of the instruments were established using three experts. The reliability of the instrument was established through pilot testing method and data collected calculated using Cronbachs alpha which yielded coefficient values of .91. Mean was used to answer the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean creativity score of male and female students taught data processing using brainstorming teaching strategy. Furthermore, there was no significant interaction effect between the teaching methods and gender on students creativity in data processing. The researcher therefore, recommended that, gender differences should not be introduced in brainstorming classrooms.
Keywords. Gender, Senior Secondary School, Creativity, Data Processing
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