EFFECTS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION ON LEARNING OUTCOME IN SCIENCE SUBJECTS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on learning outcome in science subjects (Chemistry & Physics) among secondary school students in Kogi state. Quasi-experimental, pre-test, posttest, non-randomized control group design was adopted for the study. One research question and corresponding hypothesis guided the study. The population of the study consists of 2,228 senior secondary two (SS2) students and an intact class size of 241 participants were purposively used for the study. Computer Assisted Instruction in both subjects Chemistry (CAIC) and Physics (CAIP) serves as the treatment while two research instruments Chemistry and Physics Achievement Test (CAT & PAT) were used to collect data for the study. The instruments were validated with a reliability index of 0.83 using the test-retest technique and Kuder-Rickardson formula 20(K-R20). The collected data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions and T-test for the research hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result shows significant difference in learning outcomes among the two subjects, with the greatest academic achievement score in physics and chemistry trail behind. It was recommended among others that Computer Assisted Instructions be embedded with Animation to take care of chemistry abstractive nature for a better result.