Effect of Collaborative Teaching Strategy on Students’ Essay Construction in College of Education in North Central Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria

The poor state of students’ writing is a source of concern for students, parents and teachers. Students’ inability to write effectively is believed to contribute immensely to their poor performance in English language and other subjects. Consequent upon their poor performances in English language subject for instance, students longing to further their education are denied admission into institutions of higher learning. This paper therefore in the light of the foregoing tries to look at the roles of collaborative teaching methods in students’ essay writing skills by highlighting the needs for collaborative teaching strategy, the concept of essay writing, the importance, state of the students essay writing at present, the roles of the collaborative teaching strategy on essay writing achievement, summary of the work and conclusion.