Enhancing the performance and interest of form two students of Chereponi Senior High School on select topics in biology using computer assisted instruction (CAI)

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.