Dr Gladys D. Ukume & Dr Vincent U. Uguma
Abstract
This study investigated the effectiveness of using PowerPoint Presentation and the 5Es constructivist instructional approach on students’ performance in summary writing in Calabar Municipality, in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study was guided by three research questions while three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the non-equivalent quasi-experimental pretest-post-test control group design. The sample of the study was 104 students selected through purposive and simple random sampling techniques. The instrument for data collection was “Students’ English Language Summary Performance Test” (SELSPT). Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the three research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses. Findings of the study indicated that both PowerPoint and 5Es strategies have higher significant effects on students’ performance in summary writing than the conventional strategy. Another finding showed that there was no comparative significant effects of PowerPoint presentation and 5Es strategy on students’ performance in summary writing. The study therefore recommended that government should provide technological gadgets for teaching of summary skills by English Language teachers. English Language teachers should be encouraged to use 5Es approach in teaching summary writing.