GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The main focus of this study was to assess school location and mobile phone video instructional strategy as determinants of academic performance of English language students in Calabar-South Local Government of Cross River State. Quasi experimental research design was adopted was for this work. The area covered by the researcher was Calabar South Local Government as presently constituted in the Cross River State. The target population for this study was students of senior secondary schools in Calabar South for the 2019/2020 session. Calabar South Local Government Area has 17 senior secondary schools with a total population of 6,484 students consisting of 4157 male students and 2325 female students. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 200 students who constituted the sample size used for the study. The instrument used in this study for data collection was a questionnaire titled "English Language Performance Test Questionnaire (EPTQ). In order to establish both the face and content validity of the research instruments, the drafted instrument was given to the researcher’s supervisor and an expert in measurement and evaluation unit of educational foundation department, all from the University of Uyo. The content validation was based on the test blue print to ensure the questions reflect the content of the lesson taught. Split half method was used to establish the reliability co-efficient for the instrument. The researcher administered the instrument on 25 students who were not part of the main study. The scores obtained were divided into halves namely odd number items and even numbered items. Pearson production correlation co-efficient was used to co-relate the two halves, often which the co-efficient obtained was stepped up using Spearman-Brown prophecy test to yield a reliability co-efficient of 1949. Mean (gain Score) statistics was used to answer the researcher questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 significance level based on the four set of data that were obtained through pretest/post-test (experimental group) and pretest/post-test control group. It was discovered in the study that learning with mobile devices have become widespread globally, and will eventually integrate with mainstream education in the near future. It was finally concluded in the study that there is no significant difference in academic performance of students taught using mobile phone instructional strategy based on location. One of the recommendations made in the study was that the state government through public/private partnership should endeavor to provide internet facilities in secondary schools in the study area.

KEYWORDS: English language, Mobile phone video, Senior secondary school students.