Published Article

The study was to investigate the instructional cooperative and lecture teaching strategies on chemistry students’ academic achievements on the concepts of electrochemical cells in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area, Nigeria. The research design adopted a quasi-experimental design for the study. The population of the study was made up of all the students of chemistry studying electrochemical cells in the study area. However, SSII chemistry students were randomly selected and each school produced 40 students making total schools produced 40 students making total sample of 200 students for the study. The hypotheses were tested using t-test statistical tool. The instrument for data collection was Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT). Findings of the study shows that, there is a significant difference between students taught the concept of electrochemical cell using cooperation instructional method and those taught using the same chemistry concepts using lecture method and also there was academic difference between male and female students in terms of academic achievement. The following recommendations were made based on the findings, that cooperative instructional method should be adopted by teachers’ in the learning of electrochemical cells as it will help the learners to understand the concepts better, if adopted by teachers in secondary schools and it will also enhance students achievement and interest in the learning the concepts of electrochemical cells in both public and private secondary schools.