Effect of Socratic Teaching Technique on Performance in Evolution Concept among NCE II Biology Students of College of Education Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria

The study investigated the effect of Socratic Teaching Strategy on the academic performance on evolution concept in biology among NCE II students of College of Education Gashua, Yobe State. Pre-test Post-test Quasi-Experimental and control groups design was used for this study. The study used a population of 150 students (99 boys and 51 girls), which also served as the sample for the study. The research instrument used for data collection; Evolution Concept Achievement Test (ECAT)was tested for reliability using Kuder-Richardson (KR21) with reliability coefficient of 0.87. T-test statistic was used to identify the difference between the performance of students exposed to Socratic Teaching Strategy and those taught using the traditional method. The result of the study revealed significant difference between the mean academic performance scores of the experimental and control groups in favour of experimental group. It is therefore recommended that; i) teachers should be encouraged to adopt Socratic Teaching Strategy for effective teaching and learning. ii) Stakeholders in education like; NCCE, STAN, NERDC and NGOs to organize workshops to train teachers for the effective implementation on the use of Socratic Method.