ASSESSMENT OF Z TO A TEACHING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF MALES AND FEMALES’ BUSINESS STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION WITHIN BENUE STATE NIGERIA

This paper assessed the Z to A teaching strategy on the academic achievement of males and females’ business Students in Colleges of Education within Benue State Nigeria. The study employed the Quasi-experimental design were ‘Z to A’ teaching technique was used. The strategy attempt to give details explanation on the applications of a particular concept before moving to its end result. The teacher here makes a particular concept clear, and students develop interest to know the concept. The study was restricted to use of Z to A teaching approach as the main experiment of the study while the normal conventional/traditional approach as the control. Similar Literatures related to this particular work was reviewed. The design was solely quasi-experimental research design with the population includes all the business education students offering financial accounting in the current academic session. Simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the sample Colleges for the study. Also, the same technique was used in selecting both experimental and control group. Descriptive statistics was used in answering the research question while independent and paired sample test was used in testing the null hypothesis. Null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significance level. The result reveals significant difference between the mean score of experimental groups over the control group, and also for the females over the males. Z to A teaching approach found to be effective on the academic achievements of males and females’ students in the study area.