iarjhssIARJHSSIARJHSS2708-6267https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjhss.2022.v03i02.019Effect of Reciprocal Peer-Tutoring and Devil’s Advocate Instructional Strategies on Academic Performance of Upper Basic Social Studies Students in Delta StateOdesaEmmanuelOgheneakokeEdoreCliffordThe study focused on the effect of reciprocal peer tutoring and` devil’s advocate on academic performance of upper basic Social Studies students in Delta State. The design of the study was quasi-experimental design. The study sample was 262 upper basic II Social Studies students. The instrument for the study is the Social Studies Performance Test (SSPT). Mean was utilised to analyse the research questions while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was utilised to analyse the hypotheses. The found that there is a significant effect of peer-tutoring instructional strategy on Social Studies students’ performance; there is a significant effect of the devil’s advocate instructional strategy on Social Studies students’ performance. It was recommendations that Social Studies teachers should adopt peer-tutoring instructional strategy in teaching; the government should train Social Studies teachers on how to effectively use and implement innovative instructional strategies; the government should provide enriched learning environment to facilitate the effective implementation of innovative instructional strategy like peer tutoring and devil’s advocate.