Effect of Smart-Board on the Achievement and Retention of Senior Secondary School Students in Microsoft Word Processing in Kaduna State

Moriliat Jumoke Afolabi

Abstract


This study investigated the ‘Effect of Smart-Board on the Academic Achievement and Retention of SS II Computer Science Students in Microsoft word processing in Kaduna State’. The study objectives were to determine if the medium of instruction affects the achievement and the retention ability of students in word processing. The study adopted a pre-test/post-test quasi-experimental control group design. A total number of 102 students from a population of 662 SS II Computer Science students were selected. The experimental group was exposed to Smart-Board classroom instruction on computing (smart-class) and the control group was exposed to the conventional teaching method. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were also formulated and tested at 0.05 levels of significance. Two test tools developed by the researcher and validated by experts were used to elicit information from the students. The two groups formed have 50 students as Control group taught using the conventional method of instruction on computing and 52 students as an experimental group exposed to Smart-Board classroom instruction on computing. Research questions were answered using Mean and Standard Deviation while ANOVA statistic at 0.05 level of significance was used to test the hypotheses. The analysis was carried out with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science version 20 (IBM SPSS 20). The result obtained via ANOVA analysis revealed that there is a statistically significant difference between the group means of students taught word processing using Smart-Board and those taught using conventional. Hence, the hypothesis was rejected. However, further analysis carried out indicated that there is no statistically significant difference between the group means of male students and female students that were exposed to smart-board. Hence, the hypothesis was accepted. As such, the use of Smart-Board is gender-friendly. Based on the findings some recommendations were made.


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