Developing Achievement and Interest in Learning Entrepreneurship in Rwanda: An Action Research Field Trip

Abstract

The aim of this study is to measure the impact of Field trip in improving academic achievement and developing the interest of learners in learning entrepreneurship. The study accommodated 100 students from Groupe Scholaire Nyagahandagaza. It used quasiexperimental and qualitative approaches where two seniors in classes one were assigned to the control and treatment groups each. The first term of students’ scores were considered as pre-test while achievement tests were set as post-test after teaching intervention. Two groups were taught the same topic using the traditional method in the control group and field trip in the treatment group. The results showed that the students in the treatment group outperformed students in the control group at p<.001 when t-Stat of -5.774 and a tCritical of one tail were delivered to the degree of freedom of 102. According to learning interests, the results showed that 88 percent of students were highly interested and appreciated the field trip.

Keywords: Field trip, learning achievement, learning interest, Entrepreneurship