EFFECT OF POWER POINT PRESENTATION MODE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN STRUCTURE AND BONDING IN CHEMISTRY KADUNA STATE

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the effect of power point presentation on secondary schools’ students‟ achievement and retention in chemistry. The sample of the study consisted of 99 students. The sample consisted of the intact classes, one experimental group with 58 students and the other one as control group had 39 students. A random sampling technique using balloting method was used in selecting the two schools out of the 65 public secondary schools in chikun Educational Zone. A pre-test-post-test quasi experimental design was used. The instrument used was Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT) and Chemistry retention Rating Scale (CRRS) which were both validated and with reliability coefficients of 0.75 and 0.78 respectively. The hypotheses stated were tested using t-test statistics at P ≤0.05 level of significance. Major findings of the study revealed that there is significance difference in the academic achievement and retention rating among secondary school students exposed to power point presentation. But there is no significance difference in the academic achievement and retention in Chemistry rating scale between male and female students exposed to power point presentation. In the light of the findings from this study, the following recommendation was made among others. School authorities and government agency in charge of managing the affairs of secondary schools should make provision of computers and education softwares and train teachers with the current development in the methodology of teaching and learning chemistry.