EFFECTS OF ICT ENHANCEMENTS ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN HISTORY AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

To justify the integration of ICT enhancements in the teaching/learning process of the subject matter of the re-introduced History in the Senior Secondary School Curriculum, a study on the effect of ICT enhancements on senior secondary school students' academic achievement in History in Nembe Local government area in Bayelsa state was carried out. The quasi[1]experimental research design was adopted. A sample of 156 students of History stratied into the control and treatment groups was selected for the study. Multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted. Two instruments; History Achievement Test (HAT) and History Treatment Package (HTP) were developed and validated by the researchers. A reliability coefficient of 0.98 was attained for HAT using Kuder Richardson 20. Data collected were analyzed using independent and paired t-test. A major finding is that there is a large effect size of 0.98 on students' achievement in History after the exposure to ICT driven teaching/learning process. Based on finding, it was recommended that budgetary allocation to the education sector should significantly be increased because basically acquisition of technologies is capital intensive.