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    USING PEER ASSESSMENT AND STORYTELLING TECHNIQUE ON DEVELOPING READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS FOR UPPER BASIC II STUDENTS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty Of Education, Nasarawa State University, keffi., 2022-09-24) Salihu, Abdullahi Galle; Alaku, Emmanuel Monica; Suleiman, Salamatu Kwoku
    Reading is an important language of communication skill and a highly complicated act that everyone should learn especially at the young age of schooling hut., because of the techniques applying by the instructors students find it very complicated, therefore the researchers deem it feet to conducted a research on using peer assessment and storytelling technique on developing reading comprehension skills for upper basic II students in Kogi State, Nigeria. Three research questions with its corresponding hypotheses were used to facilitate the study using quasi-experimented design comprises two experimental groups (A&B) and one conventional group C. The population for the study consisted of all 1,122 upper basic If secondcuy schools were 90 were used as sample of the study from three schools. The researchers developed an instrument for data collection entitled “Reading Comprehension Achievement- Test (RCAT). RCAT contained 15-items on reading comprehension skills; it yielded 0.74 validity index and 0.72 reliability index. Data collated was analyses using means and standard deviation for answering research questions while One-sample t-test and One-Way A NO FA were used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. Finding reveals that, there is significant difference between pre-test and post-test achievement mean scores of students taught reading comprehension skills using PA. ST technique, there is statistically significant difference in the achievements mean scores of students taught reading comprehension skills using PA. ST technique and those taught using CTM. It was recommended that, the teachers of English Language should use PA, ST technique to teach/assess students will enhance and develop reading comprehension skills among others.