ABSTRACT
This research investigated the influence of guided-discovery, lecture methodand gender on the performance of business education students in principles of accounting in state Colleges of EducationSouth-West Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria, with a view to establishingwhetheror not guided-discovery, lecture teaching method and gender have influence on students? performance in Principles of Accounting. The study has four specific objectives, four research questions and four related null hypotheses. The target population comprised 6 colleges of education in south-west geo-political zone Nigeria with total population of 1764 while 64 students were used for the study as the sample. The instrument for the study comprised of Instructional Package for Principles of Accounting (IPPA) and Principles of Accounting Achievement Test (PAAT) were used for data collection. Pre-test and Post-test were administered to the sampled students. Table and frequency distribution were used in answering the research questions while t-test was employed in testing null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Only one hypothesis was retained while the remaining three null hypotheses were rejected. The findings revealed that Guided-discovery teaching method was effective for teaching and learning Principles of Accounting in Colleges of Education. Therefore, it was concluded that Guided-discovery teaching method can enhance business education students? performance in Principles of Accounting. It was recommended that guided-discovery teaching method should be applied in teaching Principles of Accounting.