Effects of Computer – Assisted Instruction on Achievement, of Junior Secondary School Students in Social Studies in Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study determined the effects of computer assisted instructional mode on achievement level of Junior Secondary School Students in social studies. Three research questions were raised and three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. The study adopted the pretest – posttest experimental – control group design. A sample of two hundred and fourty (240) students were drawn from six Junior Secondary Schools in seven educational zones of Niger State. The zones are located within the three senatorial zones in the state. Purposive sampling technique was used to select six co-educational schools for the research. The researcher developed computer assisted instructional package on social studies which was used as treatment instrument for the
experimental group while the control group was exposed to conventional lecture method. The instruments for data collection were Social Studies Achievement Test (SOSAT). A forty item multiple – choice objective type questions were used for the SOSAT. A reliability coefficient of 0.95 and 0.95 were obtained for the instruments using split-half method. For instance, the result of hypothesis one indicated that there was statistically significant difference in the achievement of students taught Social Studies using Computer Assisted Instructional mode and those taught with conventional lecture method. While hypothesis four showed that there was no significant difference in the achievement scores of male and female students taught Social Studies with Computer Assisted Instructional mode. It was recommended among others that, for effective teaching and learning in Junior Secondary Schools in Niger State and the country at large, government should as a matter of urgency supply government schools with all the necessary instructional media such as Computer assisted instructional mode on social studies (CAIMOSOS) in order to enhance effective teaching and learning of Social Studies.