Abstract

This study is designed to identify the teaching methods that influence the acquisition of practical skills ofmechanical engineering trades students at technical college level using regression analysis. Descriptive surveyresearch design was utilized in carrying out the study. Ninety nine (99) mechanical engineering trades’ teachersand fourty six (46) administrators in the technical colleges in north central states of Nigeria responded to astructured questionnaire which addressed the research question. Cronbach Alpha coefficient was used indetermining the reliability of the instrument. The reliability co-efficient of the instrument used for data collectionstood at 0.78. It was recommended that mechanical engineering trades teachers and administrators in the schoolsbe encouraged to use different instructional methods, especially the methods identified in the study as the mostsignificant determinants of the teaching methods that influence the acquisition of practical, so that the studentscan acquire the skills for gainful employment in the labor market or be able to establish on their own and becomeself-reliant.

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