Effect of Computer Aided Instruction on Students’ Academic Achievement in Technical Drawing in Secondary Schools in Edo State

Abstract

This study was at aimed investigating Effect of Computer Aided Instruction on Students’ Academic Achievement in Technical Drawing in Secondary Schools in Edo State. A quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of one hundred and thirty-five (135) SS, 2 Technical Drawing Students in Four Selected Secondary Schools in Oredo metropolis. The sample comprised one hundred and five (105) students of two intact classes purposively sampled from two (2) of the four schools. Technical Drawing Achievement Test (TDAT) was used for data collection. A reliability coefficient of 0.77 was obtained using test-retest reliability technique. Three research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested; Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)was used for the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. Findings revealed that students taught with CAI method have higher mean scores in TDAT than those taught with traditional teaching method. It was also revealed that there was a significant difference in the post-test mean scores between male and female students taught with the traditional method. However, there was no significant difference between male and female taught with CAI method. It was recommended, that technical drawing teachers should be encouraged to adopted the use of computer aided instruction and more females students should be encouraged to offer Technical Drawing at Secondary School level.

Keywords: Computer Aided Instruction, Academic Achievement, Technical Drawing, Traditional Method, Edo State of Nigeria.