Effects of computer assisted instructions on the academic achievement, and retention of secondary school students

The problem under study was the effect of computer assisted instructions on the academic achievement and interest of secondary school students in physics. The study was experimental in nature. A sample of 146 (64 Rural and 82 Urban) Ninth Gradestudents of University Wensam College and St.Helen high School were divided into two equivalent groups on the basic of pre-test. One group (Control) was taught the course contents of physics with the traditional lecture method and the other group (experimental) was taught with the computer assisted instructions. After one month treatment both the groups were exposed to academic achievement tests (Post-test). To check the retention a delayed post-test (retention test) was administered six weeks after the post-test. The results show that in the computer assisted instructions the student's academic achievement and retention was higher as compared to the traditional lecture method. When the Location effects were analyzed the result shows that there was no significant effect of location on the academic achievement, and retention of students.