Effect of Simulation Instructional Package on English Language Students' Achievement and Retention in Senior Secondary Schools in Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

The thrust of this study was to assess the effect of simulation instructional package on English Language students' achievement and retention in senor secondary schools in FCT Abuja, Nigeria. Two research questions and its corresponding hypotheses were used. Quasi experimental research design of non-rand omized pre-test, post-test, post-posttest control group 7 design was employed for the study. The population of the study comprised of all 12,898 SS 2 students. A sample of 165 students was used for the study. A 50 items multiple choice entitled "English Language Achievement Test (ELAT)" was used as an instrument for data collection. ELAT was validated by expert's which yielded 0.86 validity index and KR-^ formula was used to determine the reliability of internal consistence which yielded 0.85 reliability index. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significant using ANCOVA. The findings revealed that, there is a significant difference in the achievement of students taught English Language using simulation instructional package and conventional teaching method, and students taught English Language using simulation instructional package had high retentive capacity than their counterpart students taught using conventional teaching method. It was recommended that, the teaching of English Language should be simulation instructional package to enhance students' understanding and long retentive capacity of the subject.