Performance of Grade 4 Pupils in Science Using Ict Support Instruction

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Teachers who embrace the use of ICT make teaching and learning easier. Pupils can understand better; hence they develop the necessary skills needed and get them ready for the next curriculum year. In this study, the researcher assessed the impact of ICT in teaching science lessons as against the traditional lecture method with no ICT materials used. The performances of the pupils in the two methods were taken into consideration.

METHODS

The present study is quasi-experimental applying the Ex Post Facto design using the dependent and independent variables. Intervention used ICT support instruction in between the conduct of the Pre and Post-test to the respondents

RESULTS

The highlights of the study denotes that the Grade 4 pupils got very low performance in the pre-test with an average of 45.46 percent. As a result of the ICT integration in teaching, their performance in the post-test tremendously improved with an average of 83.67 percent. The difference in the performance is statistically significant with a t-computed of -22.67 and the p-value is .000. The effect of size was 0.55 denoting a "moderate effect." The ICT integration in teaching is indeed a breakthrough which results in an improved performance of pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

Integrating ICT in teaching has been proven by the present research as superior over the traditional chalk and board method in teaching science. Similar findings were observed on previous researches regarding the superiority of ICT in improving the knowledge and skills of learners. The research, however, failed to validate the result in other subjects. It is therefore recommended that future researchers should conduct a similar study integrating ICT in other subjects hence, policies should address the slow adoption of ICT integration among the primary grades.