Effect of Mobile Learning App on Undergraduates’ Performance in GNS through A Blended Learning Approach

Abstract

This study examined the effects of a researcher-developed mobile learning app on the performance of undergraduate students in a compulsory general study course in a Nigerian University. A mixed-method was adopted in the study. A pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was used. The research population involved undergraduates in Nigerian universities. A sample of 21 year-one students, were purposively drawn among University of Ilorin undergraduate students. The group was subjected to pretest, followed by the administration of the treatment, and then post-tested. A simple random sampling method was adopted in selecting the experimental group. It was found that there was a significant difference in the students’ post-test score after they were exposed to the GNS App. t (20) = 4.303, p = < 0.05; and no significant difference was noticed in the male and female students’ performance after being exposed to the treatment. The study concluded that the mobile App when used alongside traditional teaching and learning improved students’ performance in GNS -Use of Library, irrespective of gender