GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT
The study seeks to investigate the various assessments of teaching methods and the academic
achievement of students in social studies. Students’ opportunity to become active by
observation, studying relationships, and manipulating objects relies on the teaching methods
employed by the teachers and counselors of academic disciplines. The types of teaching
methods investigated in this study are: the discussion method of teaching, the lecture method
of teaching, and the field trip method of teaching. These methods of teaching were
comprehensively treated in this study and proved sustainable to students’ academic
achievement in social studies. In the same vein, the study concluded that the discussion
teaching method has a positive effect on the academic performance of junior secondary
school students in social studies. Also, the study concludes that the field trip teaching method
exerts an influence on the academic performance of junior secondary school students in
social studies. The same case is applicable to the lecture teaching method on the academic
performance of junior secondary school students in social studies. One of these
recommendations was that appropriate teaching strategies should be adopted by teachers in
order to motivate students to higher performance.
KEYWORDS: Teaching Methods and Students’ Academic Performance