EFFECTS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTIONS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BOSSO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate the effects of computer assisted instructions on academic achievement of Geography students in selected secondary schools Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State. Influence of gender was also examined. Quasi experimental procedures of pretest, posttest, post posttest, nonequivalent design was adopted. Two research question where raised and two null hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The sample of the study was made up of 127 senior secondary school students captured from the intact classes of two co-educational public schools within the study area. The two schools were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group which comprised of 72 students (40 male and 32 female) were taught through the computer assisted instruction package while their counterparts in the video group where in the control group which comprised of 55 students (25 male and 30 female) were taught using lecture method. The research instrument geography achievement test (GAT) was validated by experts and reliability coefficient of 0.75 was obtained. GAT was administered as pretest, posttest and post posttest on both groups. Data gathered were analyzed using t-test statistics. Findings reveals that there was a significant difference in the achievement scores of students taught with computer assisted instruction package and those taught in conventional way using lecture method; non-significant difference in the mean achievement scores of male and female student taught with computer assisted package.it was therefore recommended that among others that, Computer Assisted Instructions should be adopted in secondary schools to complement lecture method of teaching in order to improve the students ‘ achievement in geography.