AN APPRAISAL OF COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION FACILITIES FOR TEACHING BUILDING TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA.

Babalola Abdulhakeem, Yaduma P. S.

Abstract


The study appraise the CAI facilities used for teaching Building Technology in colleges of Education in North-Eastern states of Nigeria. The investigation way guided by four objectives with four corresponding research questions. Relevant literatures related to the research question were reviewed. The study employed the analytical survey design. The population of the study consists of thirty eight (38) teachers and 10 technologist form the five College of Education under investigation. The instrument used for data collection was a checklist adopted from the like of CAI materially from the Minimum Bench Mark for Academic standard (MBMAS) of the National commission of Colleges of Education (NCCE). The research personally went to the five colleges to ascertain the availability and functionality of the CAI facilities. While the formulae for establishing the time utilization rate and adequacy was employed for research question 2 and 4. The finding of the study review that the CAI facilities are available in all the colleges, and functional in COE Azare, FCE (T) s Gombe, Potiskum and Hong. The CAI facilities are over utilized in all the colleges except COE Hong where the student enrolment matches MBMAS. The study recommends that the CAI facilities should he provided by the colleges to match the students enrolment to avoid over-utilization.


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