Effects of Digital Video Disk Instructional Package on the Achievement of Pupils in Social Studies in Federal University of Technology Staff School, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study examined the effect of digital video disk instruction on the achievement of pupils in Social Studies in Federal University of Technology Staff School, Minna. The research employed the pretest - posttest experimental - control group design, One hundred primary five pupils of Federal University of Technology Staff School, Minna were randomly selected and used for the study. The pupils were randomly assigned into two groups; the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group was taught using digital video disk while the control group was taught without digital video disk. Before teaching, both groups were pretested. The instrument used was a 50 - item Social Studies Achievement Test (SSAT). The multiple - choice objective set of questions was designed and validated for data collection, after six weeks of teaching, a posttest was administered to the two groups. The data collected was analysed using statistical measures such as mean, standard deviation and t-test. The findings indicated that the use of instructional package in the teaching of Social Studies significantly improved the performance of pupils in the subject There was a significant difference in the performance of boys and girls taught the subject with digital video disk instructional package. The implications of the findings for the teaching of Social Studies were discussed and recommendations made.