Effect of Computer Assisted Instruction on the Achievement of Basic School Students in Pre-Technical Skills

Paul Dela Ahiatrogah, Moses Bedwei Madjoub and Brandford Bervell

Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013, vol. 2

Abstract: The study compared the effects of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on the achievement of Junior High School (J.H.S) students in Pre-Technical skills after exposing them to CAI and the traditional methods of instruction. The theoretical framework for the study is that people learn most things better through construction of computer games or multimedia composition rather than through traditional methods of directly teaching content. The study involved 59 students from two schools in Kumasi Metropolis. Twenty eight of the students formed the CAI group while 31formed the traditional group. Quasi-experimental design was used for the study. Structured pre-test and post-test achievement test with a reliability co-efficient ? = 0.74 and 0.75 respectively were used to collect data. The data was analyzed using Predictive Analysis Software (PASW) version 18. The study revealed that the CAI group performed better than the traditional method of instruction group. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the achievements levels of the two groups. It was recommended that CAI should be introduced in the teaching of Pre-Technical skills throughout the country.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n1p77

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