PROBING COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PHYSICS
PROBING COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PHYSICS

Summary/Abstract: This study explored the effect of Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) on academic achievement of senior secondary school students in physics in Awka south L.G.A in Awka Education Zone. Two research questions guided the study and three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study is quasi-experimental research specifically pre-test post-test non-randomized control group was adopted. The population consisted of 553 (384 males and 169 females) senior secondary two (SS2) students offering physics and a sample of 41 (21 males and 20 females) SS2 students was drawn from the population using multi-stage sampling. The sample students who were in two intact classes were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups using a flip of coin. The instrument Physics Achievement Test (PAT) was used for data collection which was validated by three experts from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and a reliability coefficient of 0.89 was obtained using Kuder Richardson-21 formula. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The findings revealed that CAI had significant effects on students’ academic achievement in Physics than Lecture Method (LM).The result also showed that gender was not a significant factor in students’ overall academic achievement when taught Physics using CAI. Also, there was no interaction effect of teaching methods and gender on student’s academic achievement in physics. Based on the conclusion, the researcher recommended that Physics Teachers should use CAI in teaching physics to both male and female students so as to enhance their academic achievement in Physics and thecurriculum planners to adopt CAI as an innovative teaching strategy in planning and reviewing physics curriculum in secondary schools. curriculum planners to adopt CAI as an innovative teaching strategy in planning and reviewing physics curriculum in secondary schools.

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