Abstract
This study was to determine the effect of hypermediainstruction on technical college students’ achievementand interest in General Metalwork in Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The study adopted a pre-test, post-test, non-equivalent control group, quasi-experimental research design which involved groups of students in their intact class assigned to experimental group and control group. The population for the study was 102NTC II General Metalwork students which comprised 74 boys and 28 girls. Two research questions and threenull hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance, guided the study. The instrument used for data collection wereGeneral Metalwork Achievement Test (GMWTAT) and General Metalwork Interest Inventory (GMWTII). The result of reliability coefficient of GMWTAT was 0.72 while the measure of internal consistency of GMWII yielded reliability coefficient value of 0.85. Mean was used to answer the research questions, while ANCOVA was employed to test the null hypotheses. The study found out that the use of Hypermedia is more effective in improving students’ achievement and interest in General Metalwork than conventional method. Consequently, it was recommended that attention should be accorded information and communication literacy and schools should be equipped with necessary hypermediafacilities to leverage the potentials of ICT in Nigerian schools.
Publication Date: 2016-06-14