Impact of Computer-Aided Instruction and Laboratory Facilities on Interest in Physics among Senior Secondary School Students in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Babangida Iro
Faculty of Education
National Open University of Nigeria
Email: irobabangida@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Our current teaching strategies appear unproductive to enhance problem-solving skills among students’ of physics. There is need to move from traditional approaches to more innovative information and communication technologies enriched approaches for meaningful learning. The low interest exhibited by students’ towards physics have been a matter of concern for stakeholders in education industry, as such motivated the researcher to investigate the impact of Computer-Aided Instruction and Laboratory Facilities on interest in physics among senior secondary school students’ in Kaduna State. Three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted Triangulation which include; Survey and Quasi-experimental Design. The population of this study covered all SSII physics students in public senior secondary schools of the twelve (12) Educational zones of Kaduna state with a population of 1520 students as at 2016/2017 academic session out of which 200 SSII physics students were sampled from three public senior secondary schools in three educational zones using random sampling techniques. Two validated instruments were developed by the researcher; Physics Performance Test (PPT) and Physics Interest Inventory Questionnaire (PIIQ). The Research null hypotheses were tested with inferential statistics using t-test and Analysis of Variance at 0.05 and 0.01 level of significance. Results of findings show that there is significant impact of Computer-Aided Instruction and Laboratory Facilities on physics students. Similarly, the findings of the research revealed a significant impact of Computer-Aided Instruction and Laboratory Facilities on interest of physics students. The study further revealed that there is no significant difference in the impact of Computer-Aided Instruction on interest between male and female physics students. It was concluded that students’ interest can be influenced by influencing teaching strategies like Computer-Aided Instruction and Laboratory Facilities. The study recommended the need for state government to incorporate Computer-Aided Instruction and Laboratory Facilities into physics curriculum at secondary level.
Keywords: Computer-Aided Instruction, Laboratory Facilities and Interest in Physics
