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EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AKWA IBOM STATE-NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

The main focus of the study was to assessed the academic performance of financial accounting students when taught using computer-aided instruction and expository methods in senior secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. The study was guided by eight specific objectives, eight research questions and eight research hypotheses. Quasi experimental research design was adopted for this study. The population for the study comprised 12,669 senior secondary school students in 236 public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. Three intact classes with 68,42 and 30 SS1 financial accounting students constituted the sample size of 140. Cluster sampling was used to select three Local Government Areas, three secondary schools and three intact classes purposively. A structured instrument developed by the researcher titled“Financial Accounting Performance Test (FAPT)” containing 40 multi-choice questions was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts, one from the Department of Vocational Education, University of Calabar and two from the Department of Accounting and Business Education, University of Uyo. The reliability of the instrument was established by split-half technique on 45 SS1 Accounting students of Community Secondary Commercial school, Ikot Oku Ikono , Uyo. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze the data and the r-value was subjected to Spearman Brown Prophecy formula which yielded a coefficient of .94. Mean was used to answer research questions while Analysis of Co-variance was used to test the research hypotheses. The finding revealed that there is a statistical significant difference in academic performance of financial accounting students taught using computer-aided instructional strategy than when taught using expository method. It was recommended among others that innovative teaching strategies be adopted by financial accounting teachers in secondary schools in order to enhance the academic performance of students in the subject.

KEYWORDS: Computer-Aided Instruction, Students’ Academic Performance, Financial Accounting, Senior Secondary Schools, Akwa Ibom State

Shehu Usman, Ph.D, Edwin O. Ebieme, Ph.D And Silas, Victor Boniface

KING-UK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC ANTHOLOGY, UNITED STATES, VOL.9 NO.1