EFFECT OF “HIRE A RESOURCE PERSON APPROACH” AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS SKILLS OF GRADE SIX LEARNERS

This study sought to determine the effect of Hire a Resource Person Approach on the Industrial Arts skills of grade six learners. This study made use of quasi-experimental research design, which is a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Non-equivalent design is a good design when the researcher has access to one group for experimentation (Vockel 1983). The researcher opted to use this design because the subjects of the study are intact group of learners. This study was conducted in Dolo Elementary School, Bansalan West District. The subjects of this study were the 74 grade six pupils – 37 are from section A which comprised the controlled group and 37 are from section B composed the experimental group. The composition of these two sections is heterogeneous therefore pupils of sections A and B have identical range of performance. This study made use of the non-random assignment of subjects where all learners of both sections A and B were involved as subjects of the study. This study revealed that the utilization of Hire a Resource Person approach has an effect on the industrial skills of grade six learners. It also revealed that there is magnitude of difference between the post test scores of the controlled and experimental groups. KEYWORDS: Effect Of “Hire A Resource Person Approach”, Industrial Arts Skills, Grade Six Learners