APPLICATION OF DEMONSTRATION STRATEGY AND COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION ON STUDENTS’ ACQUISITION OF KEYBOARDING SKILLS: A REVIEW OF ITS EFFECTS
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2022
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Purpose: The advent of information and communication technology has brought to the front burnerthe need for students and teachers alike to master the craft of keyboarding. This study investigatesthe effects of demonstration strategy and computer aided instruction on students’ acquisition of
keyboarding skills in colleges of education in South-west, Nigeria.
Methodology: Quasi experimental research was adopted for the study. Specifically, the pre-test,post-test non-equivalent control group design was used. The population consisted of 1,729 NCEone business education students in 11 public colleges of education in South-west, Nigeria. The
sample size comprised 620 NCE one students out of which 582 (94%) participated fully in the
study. Simple random sampling technique was adopted and intact classes were used as experimental
and control groups. The instrument for data collection was Keyboarding Skill Acquisition Test
(KSAT) developed by the researcher and validated by four experts. The reliability of the instrumentwas determined using Spearman Rank Order Correlation which yielded a coefficient of 0.80. Theinstrument was administered as pre-test to both experimental and control groups. The treatment wasapplied for six weeks after which the post-test was administered. Mean and standard deviation wereused in answering the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used totest the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results were presented in tables.
Findings: Findings revealed that teaching with computer aided instruction (mean = 53.69, SD =9.47) had a significant higher positive effect on students’ acquisition of keyboarding skills than
demonstration strategy (mean = 47.87, SD = 11.04) and lecture strategy (mean = 40.78, SD =12.56).
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Teaching with demonstration strategy and
computer aided instruction have salutary effect on students’ acquisition of keyboarding skills but
computer aided instruction is more effective in the teaching and learning of keyboarding and similar
business education skills than other strategies. Therefore, business educators should always
endeavour to teach keyboarding with computer aided instruction to improve students’ learning
outcome in tertiary institutions.