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Learning environment, peer-to-peer learning, social skills acquisition.Abstract
This study investigated learning environment and acquisition of social skills among primary school learners in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all 7,260 primary six pupils in all public primary schools in the study area. A total of 711 primary school learners were used for the study. The selection was done through the stratified, simple random and accidental sampling techniques. A questionnaire titled “Learning Environment and Acquisition of Social Skills Questionnaire" (LEASSQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by one expert in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, and two experts in the field of tests and measurement in the Faculty of Educational Foundation Studies, University of Calabar. The reliability estimate of the instrument was established through the Cronbach Alpha reliability method. The reliability coefficient obtained, ranged from 0.75 to 0.89. Regression analysis was the statistical technique employed to test the study’s hypothesis at .05 level of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that peer-to-peer learning significantly relates with acquisition of social skills among primary school learners. The study concluded that peer-to-peer learning plays a significant role in the acquisition of social skills among primary school learners. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended, among others that peer-to-peer learning should be encouraged since it is a mutual learning and training strategy that involves participants of the same level who would relate and engage better in collaborative learning.Downloads
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