Impacts of Peer-Tutoring-Strategy on Performance and Interest in Biology Concept among Secondary School Students in Katsina State, Nigeria

The study assessed the impact of peer tutoring strategy on performance and interest in Biology Concepts among senior secondary school Students in Katsina State, Nigeria. The study was guided by four objectives, corresponding research questions and hypotheses, respectively. The study adopted pretest, post-test quasi experimental design. The population of the study consist of 12176 public senior secondary school class two (SS II) students during the 2024/1025 academic session in Katsina local government area. The sample of the study was 133 selected from the target population using multi-stage sampling technique. Two instruments were explored for the study; LOCPT and LOCII, Reliability index of 0.785 and 0.947, respectively were obtained for using Cronbach Alpha Method. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation to answer research questions and while t-test independent sample was used to test all the four hypotheses formulated for the study at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study indicated that peer tutoring strategy has a significant impact on students' academic performance in life organization concepts in biology among senior secondary schools in Katsina State, Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study recommended that, Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) should train and produce quality teachers that would teach and train teachers through workshop and seminar on peer tutoring strategy at secondary schools, as it enhances students' interest and promote academic performance of both male and female students.