Classroom Participation and Knowledge Gain

Abstract

Despite various research on students’ engagement and participation from different dimensions, a gap still exist in the educational literature in the area of ascertaining if students’ participation in the classroom contributes in any way to the development of their knowledge of key concepts learnt in the classroom. Using a descriptive study, students’ knowledge of key concepts learnt in previous lectures were tested at the end of each seminar tutorial sessions with some evaluation of the sessions for feedback on session activities. Findings reveal that classroom participation does enhance knowledge gained by the students in the session activities. The findings contributes additional knowledge to the educational literature especially that of teaching and active learning.

Keywords: Classroom participation, Active learning, Student engagement, Knowledge gain