Investigation of Effects of Computer Assisted Instruction with Animation on Academic Achievement on Alternative Current of Secondary School Students in Minna Metropolis, Niger State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study investigates the effects of computer Assisted Instruction with Animation on Academic Achievements in Physics among senior secondary school students Quasi-experimental design (pre-test, post-test, non-equivalent control group) was specifically used for the study. The population of the study was 2,550 SS11 students. Four schools were purposively selected Minna Metropolis. The sample size used for the study was 230 SS11 students consisting of 121 males and 109 female students from four intact classes that were randomly assigned to the experiment and control group for the study. The schools comprise of two mixed schools; one girls school and one boys school. Physics Alternating Current Achievement Test (PACAT) was used for the study. Two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at P=0.05 level of significance. The CAI package and research instrument were validated by experts in department of physics, Educational Technology Department and Science Education Department, Federal University of Technology (FUT)Minna. The data obtained from the test were analyzed using Kuder-Richardson (KR-21) to determine the reliability of the instrument and reliability coefficient of 0.66 was obtained. Mean and standard Deviation were used to answer the research question. While t-test was used to analyze hypotheses one and two. The result of the study indicated that students exposed to computer Assisted Instructional Package with Animation (Experimental group) performed significantly better than those students exposed to Computer Assisted Instructional Package without Animation (Control group). Also, there was no significant difference in terms of gender. Based on the findings it was recommended that the ministry of Education should provide instructional materials among others, such as Computer Assisted Instruction with Animation in teaching of the Physics Students.