EFFECTS OF “ABEGA” AND “RAOIN” MODELS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS OF NURSING, ZARIA, NIGERIA.

S. S. Obeka

The study investigates the effects of “ABEGA” and “RAOIN” models on students’ academic achievement in traditional concepts of environmental education in schools of nursing, Zaria Nigeria. The study made use of two hundred (200) students from school of Nursing ABU Zaria and School of Nursing Wussasa – Zaria. Radioactivity and radiation concepts were used in the teaching. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the conduct of this research exercise. The quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group, pre test – post test study was designed to determine the efficacy of “ABEGA AND RAOIN” models on students achievement in radiation concepts. Achievement test was used as instrument for data collection in experimental I&II (“ABEGA” AND “RAOIN” MODELS), lectures was used as control. The instrument (ERAT) was validated by two experts of Science Education, A.B.U Zaria. An item analysis was done with item difficulty level of 0.30 and 0.70 and item discrimination index of 0.22 and 1.00. The study revealed that Instructional model I and II yielded better achievement gains in environmental health education programmes than lecture. It also reveals that male students did better academically than the female students. It is recommended that environmental health education programme should be introduced in secondary and tertiary institutions and teachers should be encouraged on the use of modern techniques of instructions.

Key words: ABEGA, RAOIN, Nursing, environmental education.