Effect of Computer Simulation Teaching Method on Secondary Schools Students Performance in Basic Technology

Abstract

The research was designed to determine the need for computer simulation in teaching basic technology course in Junior Secondary Schools. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Four (4) secondary schools and 110 participants were randomly selected for the study. Two schools each were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The research questions were answered using means and standard deviation while hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significant using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) the result show that, computer simulation was superior to the ministration method in enhancing student performance. The interaction effect between teaching method and gender of the subjects was not significant. Bases on the findings of this study, the use of computer simulation should be encouraged to utilize computer simulation techniques to cater for diverse learning styles of student in basic technology