The focus of this paper is on the problem of appropriate teaching in the open/distance education and the need to practically employ effective evaluative tools for improving the academic achievement of learners involved in these modes of education. This paper introduced KPS method that was formulated on the basis of well stated assumptions as a viable tool at this period of economic recession for checkmating possible challenges capable of being encountered, so as to maximize the opportunities available in open/distance education. The e-module was designed in various packages using the 5-steps of KPS. The teaching/evaluative verbs for each of the ability levels in the packages were coded into the following passwords i.e. ‘D,I²,R³,E,C²,T², D,E,V,E,C³,Q²,U,I,T², S³,C³,R,I,P,T³, A,P,P,R,A,I,S.E²’. Experimenting by juxtaposing KPS with that of the conventional method on 120 selected learners in a quasi-experimental design yielded an empirical data that shows KPS method as a better teaching/evaluative tool than the conventional method. The paper recommends that KPS method should be incorporated into the curriculum of the nation’s open/distance educational system as one of the veritable teaching/evaluative tool for improving the academic achievement of all categories of learners.

Keywords: Teaching, Evaluation, Open and Distance Education, Kolawole’s Problem Solving (KPS),

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