Abstract:
The study is sought to improve the performance and interest of form two students’ of
Chereponi senior high school in selected topics in biology using computer assisted
instruction. The study was carried out in Chereponi in the northern region of Ghana.
Action research design with mixed method approach was used in the study.
A purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 198 students from the
total population of form two biology students in the northern region.
Questionnaire, test, observation schedule and interview protocol were the main
instruments used for the data collection. A t-test was used to find out whether there
was any significant difference when students were taught using computer assisted
instruction. From the analysis it was found out that an average of 80% of the form two
students of Chereponi senior high school who participated in the study perform
creditably well in test 1,2, 3, and 4 in selected biology topics.
The results indicated a lot of improvement in the performance of the form two biology
students of Chereponi senior high school when they were taught using computer
assisted instruction. They also indicated positive interest towards learning and
studying the selected biology topics. In line with these findings it was recommended
that computer assisted instruction (CAI) should be used in teaching of selected
biology topics in Chereponi senior high school.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, FACULTY
OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF
GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
OF THE MASTER OF EDUCATION IN SCIENCE DEGREE
DECEMBER, 2016
