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Article Title: Effect of Literature Circle and Peer Tutoring on the Reading Comprehension Achievement of Primary School Pupils in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State
by Okika Chinyere Love, Prof. Ada N. Anyamene and Prof. Faith E. Anyachebelu

Abstract:
This study investigated the effect of literature circle and peer tutoring on the reading comprehension achievement of primary school pupils in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design specifically the pretest posttest non randomized control group design. The population of the study consists of all the 5,519 public primary school pupils in the 44 public primary schools in Awka South LGA. Simple random sampling techniques was used to sample the intact classes. A sample of 193 primary five pupils was used for this study. The sample was selected from three public primary schools randomly obtained or drawn from the 44 public primary schools in the Awka South Local Government Area. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used in drawing this sample. Purposive sampling technique was used to draw 25 public primary schools out of the 44 public primary schools in the area who are using the same text. The internal consistency reliability of the reading achievement test was determined using the Kuder- Richardson formula 20 (KR-20). The coefficient of interval consistency was found to be 0.89. Pupils Reading Comprehension Achievement Test (PRCAT) was used as an instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research question and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test hypothesis. Major findings revealed that the mean scores indicate that the literature circle had the highest mean gain followed by peer tutoring. Pupils in the conventional method had the least mean gain after the experiment. This shows that the experimental groups achieved more than the control group. Based on the findings, it was recommended that teachers training institutions should incorporate literature circle and peer tutoring in their curriculum.

Keywords: Literature circle, Peer tutoring, Reading, Comprehension, Reading comprehension

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