EFFECT OF MULTIMEDIA ON JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST IN BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NIGER STATE

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the effect of multimedia on junior secondary school students achievement and interest in Basic science and Technology in Niger State. The study adopted a pre-test, post-test, non-equivalent control group, quasi-experimental research design which involved groups of students in their intact class assigned to experimental group and control group. The sample size for this study was 117 JSSII basic science and technology students which comprised 84 boys and 33 girls. Two research questions and two null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance, guided the study. The instrument used for data collection were Basic science and Technology Achievement Test (BSTAT) and Basic science and Technology Interest Inventory (BSTII). The trial test for determining the coefficient of stability of the BSTAT was carried out using test re-test reliability technique. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient of the instrument was found to be 0.72 while the use ofKR20 in assessing the test of internal consistency yielded a reliability index of 0.85. Mean was used to answer the research questions, while ANCOVA was employed to test the null hypotheses. The study found out that the use multimedia is more effective in improving students' achievement and interest in basic science and technology than conventional method. Consequently, it was recommended that attention should be accorded multimedia literacy and schools should be equipped with necessary ICT facilities to leverage the potentials of ICT in Nigerian schools.