More often than not, the major challenge teachers encounter regularly in any classroom environment is the problem of finding appropriate instructional method that would not only enhance the teaching- learning process, but also cater for the students’ individual differences, enable acquisition of relevant skills, and more than anything else, understand the subject matter. In Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), the acquisition of relevant knowledge and skills cannot be over emphasized, hence the paper attempted to study the effect of Jigsaw Cooperative learning technique against the lecture method in enhancing students’ academic performance in Engineering/Technical drawing as a subject in Building Technology program at University of Benin (Federal College of Education Technical Campus) and University of Lagos Akoka. The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of Jigsaw instructional method against the lecture method of teaching in enhancing the academic performance of students in Assembly drawing process. The pre-test post-test equivalent method was employed for the study, using the quasi experimental design. The result was analyzed using t-test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Findings revealed that the group of students assigned for Jigsaw Method of instruction achieved significantly higher mean score than those assigned to the lecture method of teaching. The performance of Male and female Students in Jigsaw method group achieved higher mean scores in the Achievement test than that of the male and female students assigned to lecture method of teaching. There was also interaction effect of the teaching method and gender with the female students performing better than the male. It was recommended that Jigsaw method of instruction should be employed not only in teaching Engineering/Technical drawing course students but at all levels of education.
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