Effect of Flipped Classroom and Asynchronous Instructional Strategies on the learning outcomes of Senior Secondary 11 English Language Students in Rivers State

The paper investigated the effects of two e-learning instructional strategies – Flipped classroom and Asynchronous strategies. The unprecedented dismal academic performances of students in English language from external examinations have necessitated uncountable research works dealing both on the Curriculum and instructional strategies. Quasi experimental method that employed pretest, post-test, control group design was adopted. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated, which were all tested at 0.5 level of significance. Multiple choice questions were used to collect data from 246 English language SS2 Students that formed the sample of the study. A reliability coefficient of 0.76 was obtained using the Kuder Richardson formula 20. Analysis of Covariance together with Scheffe and Bonferroni post hoc techniques were used for the data analysis. The findings of the study showed that students taught English Language using asynchronous instructional strategy achieved significantly better results than those taught English Language using flipped classroom and convectional instructional strategies. Also, Students taught English Language using flipped classroom instructional strategy achieved significantly better than those taught using conventional instructional strategies. There existed no significant effect of flipped classroom instructional strategies on students‘ academic performance based on Gender in Obio/Akpor LGA. Based on the findings, it was recommended that secondary school teachers should be encouraged to adopt e-Learning modes – Asynchronous and Flipped classroom to teach. The Government and relevant authorities should motivate, encourage and reinforce English language teachers to develop, produce and use e-Learning modes and software to supplement their teachings.

Keywords: e-Learning, asynchronous strategy, flipped classroom, and conventional strategy.