Effectiveness of Computer assisted drill and practice on students’ Achievement in Linear inequalities in Port harcourt , Rivers state

Abstract

This study investigated the effectiveness of Computer Assisted Drill and Practice on student achievement in linear inequalities in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The study used the pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The sample consisted of 120 JSS 2 students drawn from three public junior secondary schools in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Purposive random sampling was used to select the students (60 males and 60 females). Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated, and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The Inequality Achievement Test made up of 30 items of multiple-choice type, was developed and validated for data collection. The scores of students were analysed and mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while ANCOVA was used to test hypotheses. The result of the study indicated that students taught using Computer Assisted Drill and Practice achieved significantly higher than those taught using Conventional Instructional Strategy (CIS). Also, there was a significant difference in the post test achievement scores of male and female students taught using Computer Assisted Drill and Practice. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Computer Assisted Drill and Practice should be used for teaching and learning of Linear Inequalities.