Impact of Peer-Mediated Learning on Acquisition of Basic Computer Skills among Senior Secondary School Students in Minna Metropolis, Niger State.

Abstract

The study examined the Impact of Peer-Mediated Learning on Acquisition of Basic Computer Skills among Senior Secondary School Students' in Minna Metropolis, Niger State. The study adopted a randomized pre-test, post-test control group design. Two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select four (4) Private Secondary Schools in Minna, Metropolis. Eighty (80) Students were drawn from the four Secondary Schools as sample size using stratified random sampling technique. A validated test instrument vetted by experts in Computer Science and Educational Technology Department was used for data collection. The reliability of the instrument was determined to be 0.75. t-test statistic was used for data analysis and was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that students taught using Peer-Mediated Learning (PML) performed better than their counterpart taught using conventional teaching, method. The study also revealed that there was no statistically significant difference in the mean scores of male and female students taught using PML, It was recommended that peer-mediated learning should be given emphasis in the teaching of computer among secondary schools in Niger State.