Effects of Puppetry on Motivation and Academic Achievement of Primary Schools Pupils in Kuje LGA, Abuja, Nigeria

This study examined the effects of puppetry techniques on motivation and achievement of primary school pupils in Social Studies in Kuje LGA Abuja. The specific objectives are to determine the effects of puppetry techniques on the academic achievement of primary school pupils in Social Studies in Kuje of FCT, Abuja and to find out the mean score of pupils taught with puppetry techniques and those taught with traditional methods. The study used 3 research questions and 3 hypotheses. The study adopted an experimental design in which the quasi-experimental design of a separate sample pretest-posttest design was chosen. The population of the study was 205 pupils with a sample size of 100. The study adopted a simple random sampling technique. Social Studies Motivation and Achievement Test (SSMAT) for data generation and the t-test statistic was employed for data analysis. The findings from the study revealed that the achievements of male and female pupils taught using the puppetry technique were more effective than that of those taught using the traditional method; there is a significant relationship between the puppetry technique and academic achievement and that, the achievements of pupils taught using puppetry technique were more impressive technique than those taught using the traditional method. The study among many others recommended that professional associations like the Social Studies Association of Nigeria (SOSAN) should popularize the effective use of puppetry techniques in teaching Social Studies through seminars, workshops, conferences and publications and the use of puppetry techniques should be recommended in schools Social Studies curriculum.