EFFECT OF INTEGRATING OF MULTIMEDIA IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF COMPUTER STUDIES ON SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the effect of integrating of multimedia in teaching and learning of computer studies on secondary schools students’ achievement and interest. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study while four null hypotheses were tested at p<.05. The study used pre-test, post-test quasi experimental design. The study area was Enugu Education Zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. The population for the study comprised all the 6,482 SSII students in the 30 secondary schools in Enugu Education Zone. 378 students were purposively sampled from 4 coeducational schools that had some computer facilities. Two instruments known as Computer Achievement Test (CAT) and Computer Interest Inventory (CII) were developed by the researcher and validated by two experts from computer education from Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) and one other from measurement and evaluation from same institution. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to determine the reliability of the CAT which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.87, while Cronbach Alpha was used to determine that of CII. This yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.82. Mean and standard deviation were used for answering the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses. Results of analyses showed that students taught computer studies by integrating multimedia in the teaching process recorded higher achievement and interest than those taught without the integration of multimedia. ANCOVA test revealed that there was no significant difference in the achievement and interest of male and female students in the experimental group. Based on the findings, it was recommended that computer facilities should be provided in schools so as to serve as aids for teaching and learning, and workshops, conferences or seminars should be organized by Ministry of Education and other education administrators on the need for integration of multimedia in teaching process in order to enhance both male and female students’ achievement and interest.