Comparison of computer assisted and conventional instruction in secondary school physics in Meru central district-Meru county Kenya
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2014-07-30
Authors
Kaigai, Joseph Mwangi
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This study will be undertaken to compare computer assisted learning and conventional
teaching methods in teaching physics in Kenyan secondary schools. The aim of the research
will be to compare the effect of computer assisted learning and conventional teaching
strategies on performance in physics and the effect of computer assisted learning on gender
achievement in physics. The study will use an experimental design. Secondary school in Meru
Central District will constitute the population of the study. The study sample will be made of
Form Two students studying physics from six (6) secondary schools in the district. In each
school, one class will be an experimental group and the other the control group. The research
instruments will comprise of a pre-test and post-tests each of which will comprise ten items.
The pre- test will be based on Form One physics to test the general knowledge of the sampled
schools in physics. The pre-test will be piloted in three secondary schools within the district;
one mixed day school, one boys' county school and one girls' county school, for validity and
reliability. The control and experimental groups will be taught by their teachers the topic
magnetism under six subtopics; properties of magnets, magnetization, demagnetization,
domain theory, uses and storage of magnets and magnetic field patterns for three weeks
(eleven (11) lessons of forty (40) minutes each). The experimental group will learn the topic
using computer assisted method. They will use computer instructional materials which have
been developed by the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE). The control group will be taught
using conventional methods by their physics teachers. The tests will then be coded, loaded
and then analyzed using a computer program called the Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS).The data collected during the study will be quantitative which will be summarized and
analyzed using inferential statistics such as standard deviations, chi-square and analysis of
variance (ANOV A). It will be presented using descriptive statistics such as the mode, mean,
median, percentages and frequency distribution.