EFFECTS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION ON INDEPENDENT LEARNING SKILLS OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

Adeshina Emmanuel Adeniyi, Hanna Onyi Yusuf

Abstract


The study investigated “Effects of Computer Assisted Instruction on Independent Learning Skills of Economics Students in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State”. ICT are information handling tools used for producing, processing, distributing exchanging and storing of information. Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) is an ICT-Driven Instructional technique in which computer system is used as an instructional material and the teacher monitors, the learning that takes place. The objective of the study among others was to determine the rate at which independent learning skills acquisition could be enhanced among Economics students taught with the use of Computer Assisted Instruction and those taught with the conventional method of teaching. Hypotheses were drawn from the objectives of the study. The research design was the two by two pre-test post-test quasi experimental control group design. The targeted population were the twenty-three thousand four hundred and sixty Public Senior Secondary two (SS2) students in twelve educational zones of Kaduna State. A stratified random sampling technique was adopted to draw two hundred SS2 Economics students from the rural and urban centres of two educational zones of the State. An Economics Achievement Test (EAT) was developed and validated as test instrument for data collection. The hypothesis was tested using covariance at 0.05 level of significance for acceptance or rejection. The results amongst others revealed that students taught with the use of CAI performed significantly better than those taught without CAI, and also the result shows that the use of CAI in teaching Economics is not significantly affected by school location. However, it was therefore recommended amongst others that, the “Opon Imo” meaning “Tablet of Knowledge” used in Osun State Senior Secondary Schools should be adopted by government for all Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria.

 

Article visualizations:

Hit counter


Keywords


computer assisted instruction, independent learning skills, economics students

References


Abdu-Raheem, B.O. (2012). A Gender Difference and Students’ Academic Achievement and Retention in Social Studies among Junior Secondary Schools in Ekiti State. European Journal of Educational Studies: 4(1), Ozean Publication.

Adomi, E.E. & Kpangban, E. (2010). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). Application of ICTs in Nigerian Secondary Schools: Digital Commons @ University of Nebraska- Lincoln. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/345.

Anyamene, A., Nwokolo, C., Anyachebelu, F. & Anemelu, V.C. (2012). Effect of Computer-Assisted Packages on the Performance of Senior Secondary Students in Mathematics in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. American International Journal of Contemporary Research: 2(7).

Ash, J.E. (2005). The Effectiveness of Computer Assisted Instruction on Middle School Mathematics Achievement. Retrieved on 30th March, 2011, from http://www.researchEnstae.edu/dissertation/AA13187984

Basturk, R. (2005). The Effectiveness of Computer Assisted Instruction in Teaching Introductory Statistics. Educational Technology Society, 8(2) 170-128.

Becker, H.J. (2000). “Pedagogical Motivations for Student Computer Use that Leads to Student Engagement”. Education Technology, 40(5), 5-17.

Beetheng, L. & Sim, C. (2008). Exploring the Extent of ICT Adoption Among Secondary School Teachers in Malaysia.

Collins, J.W. & O’Brien, N.P. (Eds.) (2003). Greenwood Dictionary of Education Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Cox, M; Preston, C & Cox, K. (1999a). Using ICT for Pupils Learning in G. Nicollis (Ed.) Learning to teach. A Handbook for Primary and Secondary School Teachers, pp. 59 – 84.

Dantala, N.M. (2006). Effect of Computer Assisted (CAI) Package for Individualized Learning of History in the Senior Secondary school in Niger State, Nigeria. An unpublished M.Tech. Thesis, Science education Department, Federal University of Technology, Minna

Ezekoka, G.K. & Okoli, A.M. (2012). The Use of Computer in Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools in Imo State. Journal of Educational Media and Technology, 16(1).

Federal Ministry of Education (2010). National Policy on Information Technologies (ICT) in Education.

Nwike, M.C. & Chukwudum, E.O. (2011). Effect of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on Students’ Achievement in Secondary School Agricultural Science. Journal of Educational Media and Technology, 15(2).

Okafor, IE.N. (2009). Theory and Practice of Educational Technology with Elements of Instructional Media. Umunze: Annyco Publishers.

Schumacher, P. & Morahan Martin, J. (2001). Gender, Internet and Computer Attitudes and Experience, Computers in Human Behaviour: 17(1), 95110

Wheeler, S. (2001). ICT and the Changing Role of the Teacher: Journal of Educational Media: 26(1).

Yusuf, M. O. (2005). Information and Communication Technology and Education. Analysing the Nigerian National Policy for Information Technology. International Evaluation Journal: 6(3), pp. 316 – 332.

Yusuf, H.O., Maina, B. & Dare, M.O. (2013). Assessment of the Availability, Utilization and Management of ICT Facilities in Teaching English Language in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Advances in Language and Literary Studies Journal, 4(1), pp.20-26.

Yusuf, I., Kajuru, Y.K. & Musa, M. (2013). The Effect of a Computer Mediated Systems Teaching Approach on Mathematics Achievement of Engineering Students in Nigerian Polytechnics. Journal of Educational Research and Development: 8(1), p.364-370.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejae.v0i0.352

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright © 2015 - 2023. European Journal of Alternative Education Studies (ISSN 2501-5915) is a registered trademark of Open Access Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

This journal is a serial publication uniquely identified by an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) serial number certificate issued by Romanian National Library (Biblioteca Nationala a Romaniei). All the research works are uniquely identified by a CrossRef DOI digital object identifier supplied by indexing and repository platforms.

All the research works published on this journal are meeting the Open Access Publishing requirements and can be freely accessed, shared, modified, distributed and used in educational, commercial and non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).