Effect Of Virtual Field Trip Instructional Strategy On Student Academic Achievement And Interest In Chemistry In Ikono Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the effect of virtual field trip instructional strategy on student academic achievement and interest in chemistry in Ikono LGA. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design with a sample size of 86 senior secondary II students drawn from the population using multi-staged sampling technique, three research questions and hypothesis guided the study. The research instrument were chemistry achievement test (CAT) and an interest questionnaire with a reliability of 0.86 and 0.73 respectively. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analysed the data collected. The result indicated a significant difference in the academic achievement of student taught chemistry in favour of those in the experimental group with mean difference of 77.30 for students in the VFT group against 59.67 for those in the control. The result also indicated no significant difference in respect to gender and interest. It is recommended that chemistry and science teacher implore the use of virtual field trip in enhancing academic achievement and interest in chemistry