Abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of adaptive instructional delivery approach on students’ performance in general woodwork adopting non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental research design. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. A total of 79 vocational II woodwork students’ in 2016/2017 academic session drawn from four co-educational technical colleges in Edo State made up the sample for the study. The instrument for data collection was a 30-item General Woodwork Achievement Test (GWAT), administered as pre-test, post-test and delayed post-test respectively. Three experts validated the instruments. Its reliability of .89 was determined using Kuder Richardson 21 formulae. Mean was used to answer the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at. 05 level of significance. The results indicated among others that adaptive instructional approach had a significant effect on students’ performance and retention in General Woodwork trade. The study recommended that General Woodwork teachers should employ the use of adaptive teaching approach in teaching General Woodwork to enhance students’ performance and retention. The major educational implication of the findings was that students will do better in General Woodwork if taught with adaptive teaching strategy.