EFFECT OF COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN BASIC TECHNOLOGY IN ESAN WEST L.G.A OF EDO STATE

Abstract

The study examined the effect of computer-aided instruction on junior secondary students’ achievement and retention in basic technology. The study utilized a non-randomized quasi-experimental design. Multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting samples of 110 from a population of 1050 JS II students in public secondary schools in Esan West local government area.  The researcher developed CAI packages which were used as treatment for experimental group while control group was exposed to conventional method. BTART was the instrument for data collection. A reliability coefficient of 0.78 was obtained using Kuder Richardson’s (KR₂₁) formula. The study was guided by four research questions and four null hypotheses. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while ANCOVA was used to test hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The findings of the study show among others, that there was significant difference between the achievement scores of students exposed to computer aided instruction and conventional method (CAI = 35.84 and LM= 19.62).. The researcher therefore recommends that government and NGOs should fund development of computer-aided instructional packages and train manpower to produce software for technical education teaching to enhance achievement and retention.