Effect of Edublog Package on Secondary School Students’ Performance and Attitude in Teaching and Learning of Computer Education in Lagos State, Nigeria
Badmus, Ayodeji Muideen
Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education National Open University of Nigeria
Abstract
This study focused on the effect of edublog package on secondary school students’ performance and attitude in teaching and learning of computer education in Lagos State, Nigeria. Three research questions were raised and one hypothesis was formulated. The study adopted the pretest, posttest quasi experimental research design. Thirty students were selected from two private schools to participate in the research. Fourteen (14) students participated for the experimental group while 16 students were used for the control group. Student Achievement Test (SAT) and Questionnaire on Students Attitudes towards the use of Edublog package were used as instruments and validated by experts with reliability indexes of 0.78 was and 0.72 obtained respectively. Data collected were analysed using mean scores, simple percentage and ANCOVA at a 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated that students in the Edublog group performed better in the performance test than those in the CMT group and there was a significant difference between the mean performance score of students taught with Edublog and their counterpart in the CMT group. The students had positive attitude towards the use of Edublog. It was recommended that teachers should encourage diversifying the various approaches to complement the conventional way of teaching.
Keywords
Effect of Edublog Package, Performance and Attitude, Teaching and learning, Computer Education
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