EFFECT OF IDEA GENERATION STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS’ WRITTEN COMPOSITION PERFORMANCE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS OF NORTH WEST ZONE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper tittled “effect of idea generation strategies on students’ written composition performance in
tertiary institutions of north west zone, Nigeria. This paper is a journey to investigate the effect of using
idea generation strategies in developing essay writing among students in tertiary institutions of north
west zone, Nigeria. The study look into the introduction, two research questions, two research objectives
and two hypothesis was formulated. The sample of the study consisted of groups the experimental with
57 students while the control With 56 students. The instrument was essay question. Both validity and
reliability were checked by the researcher. The study might be significant to students, Teachers,
curriculum planner's. The study covers only tertiary institutions in north west zone, Nigeria. )The
findings of the study showed that there are statistical significant difference at the level of 0.05 between
the experimental and the control groups in the total score and the sub scores in favor of the experimental
group indicating the effectiveness of using idea generation strategies in developing essay writing. The
researcher recommended the use of these strategies in tertiary institution methodology, research,
hypothesis, objectives, scope significance, sample, size, population.