Abstract
The study was carried out to determine the effect of computer assisted instruction on the academic
achievement and interest of the students in metalwork technology in technical colleges in Enugu
State. Two research questions were investigated by the study and two hypotheses were formulated
and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A quasi nonrandomized control group, pretest-posttest design
was used. The population for the study was 298 second year metalwork students in six technical
colleges in Enugu State. The instruments used for data collection were metalwork achievement test
and interest inventory. Two research questions were posed and two hypotheses were formulated to
guide the study. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data for answering research
questions while analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses of no significant
difference at 0.05 level of significance. It was found out that the students taught with Computer
Assisted Instruction had higher mean posttest scores in the metalwork achievement test than those
taught with traditional method of teaching. Based on this finding, it was recommended that metalwork
teachers should always incorporate in their teaching, the use of computer assisted instruction. This
will enhance their knowledge of
metalwork technology.
Publication Date: 2018-06-09