Joy Nkiruka Chukwunenye, Chinyere N. Ihekwaba and Catherine Evans - Kemka
USING WEB-BASED COMPUTER DRILL AND PRACTICE TO SIMPLIFY DIFFICULT CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Momentum and kinetic energy have been identified as two confusable concepts in secondary school Physics. Students' difficulty in understanding these concepts was investigated. This study adopted a pre-test-post-test, control group quasi experimental design. A purposive sampling technique was used to select schools that have computers. 98 Physics students of intact classes were selected from two government owned secondary schools in Owerri Municipal. Students were randomly assigned to treatment group of Web–based computer drill and practice (WCDP) and conventional teaching method (CTM). The treatment lasted for six weeks. The instrument used were; kinetic energy and momentum objective test (KEMOT= 0.75); web-based computer drill software (WCDP=0.72). Two research questions were answered. Three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using ANCOVA. There was a significant main effect of treatment on students’ achievement F(1,93) = 149.349, P < .05). Partial eta square (?2 = .616) which implies that treatments accounted for 61.6% variance observed in students’ achievement using WCDP method. WCDP group performed better (x = 56.38, S.D = 13. 62) than the CTM group (x = 24.61, S.D = 10.39). Interaction effect of treatment and gender F(1,93) = .706, P > .0). is not significant.
Joy Nkiruka Chukwunenye, Chinyere N. Ihekwaba and Catherine Evans - Kemka
USING WEB-BASED COMPUTER DRILL AND PRACTICE TO SIMPLIFY DIFFICULT CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Momentum and kinetic energy have been identified as two confusable concepts in secondary school Physics. Students' difficulty in understanding these concepts was investigated. This study adopted a pre-test-post-test, control group quasi experimental design. A purposive sampling technique was used to select schools that have computers. 98 Physics students of intact classes were selected from two government owned secondary schools in Owerri Municipal. Students were randomly assigned to treatment group of Web–based computer drill and practice (WCDP) and conventional teaching method (CTM). The treatment lasted for six weeks. The instrument used were; kinetic energy and momentum objective test (KEMOT= 0.75); web-based computer drill software (WCDP=0.72). Two research questions were answered. Three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using ANCOVA. There was a significant main effect of treatment on students’ achievement F(1,93) = 149.349, P < .05). Partial eta square (?2 = .616) which implies that treatments accounted for 61.6% variance observed in students’ achievement using WCDP method. WCDP group performed better (x = 56.38, S.D = 13. 62) than the CTM group (x = 24.61, S.D = 10.39). Interaction effect of treatment and gender F(1,93) = .706, P > .0). is not significant.