The impact of televised and non-televised instruction on achievement tests

Abstract

The study attempted to examine and if televised mode of instruction helped students outperform in the National English Examinations than did non-televised mode of instruction in four target schools. The samples were 815 students from two televised and two non-televised high schools that are found in four different districts. The achievement test scores of the 2008 Grade Ten National English Examination of the schools were used to compare the results of the students. Interview and textbook analysis were used to collect data for the study pertaining to the way language tasks are designed in the English textbook. The National English language test scores of the sample students were analysed in SPSS version 16.0 and independent samples test score was computed. The study showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the achievement test scores of the Grade Ten National English Examination of televised and non-televised students of the target schools.