Techniques and Strategies Use in Assessing Social Studies Concepts

Table 1.

Techniques for teaching and learning of concepts

Techniques

Number of respondents

Trained Social Studies Teachers

Untrained Social Studies Teachers

%

Fieldtrips

2

2

-

20

Problem-solving

6

4

2

60

Co-operative/ Collaborative learning

7

4

3

70

Discovery-learning

5

4

1

50

Brainstorming

7

4

3

70

Role play

6

3

3

60

Building of community

4

3

1

40

Simulation

4

3

1

40

Lecturing

8

3

5

80

Discussion

8

4

4

80

Debate

5

4

1

50

Dramatization

5

3

2

50

Source: field survey

Source: field survey