Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study examined the effect of brainstorming on students’ achievement and in economics in senior secondary schools of Bauchi state, Nigeria. To achieve this, two objectives and two research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Literatures were reviewed in the areas related to the study. Non-equivalent control group of quasi-experimental design was used as the design of the study. The area of the study is Bauchi State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprises of 15,832 SSII senior secondary school students that are offering economics. A simple random sampling technique was used in selecting two schools from three educational zones. 104 students from two intact classes that were assigned in to experimental group and control group was used as a sample of the study. The research instrument is Economics Achievement Test (EAT) questions were adopted from previous WAEC and NECO examinations questions related to the topics taught. The instrument was administered by the researcher with the help of two research assistants. The data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation while, the null hypotheses were tested using T-test at 5% level of significant. the findings revealed that posttest mean achievement score of experimental group is significantly higher than the posttest mean achievement score of control group, this showed that, the students taught using brainstorming have better academic achievements than students taught using conventional method. The study recommends among others that; Teachers should ensure that low-achieving economics students are exposed to instruction in brainstorming to equip them with the best learning skills.