ADOPTION OF E-LEARNING FOR UPPER-BASIC SOCIAL STUDIES ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN OGBOMOSO, NIGERIA

Abstract

Contemporary challenges and demands have made the physical mode of instruction obsolete and tasking. Technology has simplified even teaching giving options to students to choose from. Social Studies students’ performance though not bad could be better through the adoption of e-learning. Hence, the need for this study. This involves the experimental group (e-learning) and control group (conventional). Topics in the Upper-basic school curriculum was taught. An adapted instrument of test containing fifty (50) objective test was drafted from Oyo State basic education certificate examination (BECE). The population for the study was all Social Studies students in Ogbomoso while the target population was all upper-basic 2 Social Studies students. Purposive sampling technique was used to select Maryland Catholic Grammar School Students because they have a computer laboratory with functional internet connectivity. The reliability was gotten through split half using cronbatch and it yielded an index of 0.83. Percentages, Mean and Analysis of Covariance were used to analyze the data. Findings of the study revealed that the general performance of students in Social Studies was above average and that there is a significant effect of e-learning on the performance of students in Social Studies. It was however recommended that students at the basic school level should be allowed to adopt e-learning, devices to be used by basic school students should be censored and restricted and schools should be adequately equipped with ICT facilities.