EFFECT OF COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE ON ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STUDENTS IN BWARI AREA COUNCIL, FCT, ABUJA

Abstract

The study examined the effects of Computer Instructional Package on academic achievement of senior secondary school Financial Accounting students in Bwari Area Council FCT, Abuja. Two research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The study employed quasi–experimental research design involving the non-equivalent pretest, posttest, control group design. The population comprised 3,310 (1750 male and 1350 female) SS II Financial Accounting students from the seven secondary schools for the 2021/2022 academic session. A sample of 80 (48 male and 32 female) SS II Financial Accounting students was selected from two co-educational secondary schools in Bwari Area Council FCT, Abuja using multistage sampling procedure. Data was collected using Financial Accounting Achievement Test (FAAT). The logical validity index of 0.79 for FAAT and the reliability coefficient of 0.874 for FAAT was obtained using Kuder[1]Richardson methods for FAAT. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha. The study revealed that students taught Financial Accounting using the Computer Instructional Package recorded higher achievement than students taught using the conventional method, The study concluded that Computer Instructional Package was very effective in the teaching and enhancement of senior secondary school students' academic achievement in Financial Accounting. It was recommended among others that Financial Accounting teachers at the secondary school level should use Computer Instructional Packages in the teaching of Financial Accounting to senior secondary school students in order to enhance their academic achievement in Financial Accounting.