Science student teachers’ perception of internet use on their performance in science at some selected Colleges of Education in the Northern Region

Abstract

This study was done to find out the science student teachers perception of internet use on their academic performance in science in some selected Colleges of Education in the Northern Region. Three Colleges of Education were purposively selected in the Northern Region to take part in the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to get participants from the three Colleges of Education to participate in the study. In all, 60 science student teachers were sampled with 20 science student teachers from each College forming the sample. A cross- sectional survey design was used to get the responses from three Colleges of Education in the Northern Region of Ghana. Each of the participants responded to the questionnaire given to them. The questionnaire was administered by the researcher himself to seek the opinions of the science student teachers on the use of internet at the Colleges of Education. The results were then analysed. The results shows that the student teachers perceive internet to be very important to their studies. The results also indicated that the students’ use of internet really impacts positively on their performance in science. The study also revealed challenges to the use of internet among students, prominent among them is the lack of skills to search for information. It is therefore, highly recommended that students be given training on how to research for information using the internet.