Abstract: This research work investigated the effectiveness use of instructional materials in teaching and learning of computer science in colleges of education. A two group pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. One research question and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. A total of 100 students were selected from two (2) Colleges of Education Borno State through simple random sampling and stratified random sampling techniques. Fifty students (Experimental group) were taught with instructional materials and another fifty (Control group) were taught without instructional materials. A validated Computer Achievement Test (CAT) was used to gather data for the study and a split-half was carried out using the Pearson product moment correlation to obtain a reliability coefficient of 0.67. Independent t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 significant level while the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient at that level was used to analyse the research question. The study revealed that students who taught with instructional materials performed significantly better than those taught without instructional materials and also that the use of instructional materials generally improved students’ understanding of concepts and led to high academic achievements . Recommendations were made on how to improve academic performance of Computer students by encouraging the use of instructional materials in teaching-learning Computer.
Keywords: Instructional Materials, Teaching-Learning.
Title: EFFECTIVENESS USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
Author: HASSAN UMAR, HUSSAINI MOHAMMED KYARMA, MOHAMMED ALI BURATAI
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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