Effect of activity based method on SSII students’ academic achievements in computer science in secondary schools in Enugu Urban of Enugu state

This paper investigates the effect of activity-based method on SSII students’ academic achievement in computer science in secondary schools in Enugu urban of Enugu state. Activity-based method is a teaching/learning method in which both teachers and students are engaged in the learning processes. Activity based method provides students with a wide range of opportunities to gain not only subject knowledge effectively but also general, technical and academic skills by interacting with different learning activities and technologies. Students are also prepared as active citizens. Activity-based method is used extensively in most subject areas around the world as it is the better instructional method. The world in the 21st century has witnessed enormous changes in education due to the advance in science and technology. Traditional teaching and learning methods which were teacher-centered and based mainly on rote learning, have changed into student- centered structure over time and today schools in many countries have become places where active learning strategies are practiced. Active learning involves students doing things and thinking about what they are doing. Many methods have been developed so far in the frame of active learning such as applied learning, student-centered learning, cooperative learning, project-based learning etc. The placing of students in the center of learning whilst encouraging teachers to act as guides during the teaching process necessitates the use of activities in learning and teaching, which is commonly referred to as activity-based learning paradigm, in pedagogical parlance. The design of this study is quasi experiment. A total sample size of 105 students was used for the study. Also two unequal sample groups were used. Experimental (treatment) and control groups. Achievement test instrument was administered to the student in the two groups. At the end, the mean were calculated. More so, the t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses. At the end of the analysis it was discovered that activity based method is significantly more efficacious than the traditional method of teaching computer operation system to SSII students in Enugu Urban in Enugu State.