INFLUENCE OF THE ROLE OF ICT INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN EDO STATE.

ABSTRACT

This iresearch iwork iis ititled iInfluence iof ithe iRole iof iICT iInstructional iStrategy iin iAcademic iPerformance iof iBusinessiEducation iStudentsiin iPublic iUniversitiesiin iEdo iState. iThe imajoriaimiof ithisistudy iwasito idetermine ithe irole iof iICTiasian iinstructionalistrategy iin iacademic iperformance iof ibusiness ieducation istudents iparticularly iin iEdo istate ipublic iuniversities. iFour iresearchiquestionsiguidedithisistudy. Subsequently, ithe ireviewiofiliterature iwasiconducted iunderidif erentisubheadingsiiniorder itoiunderstandiwhatihadibeenidoneiinitheipastionitheistudy. iTheistudyiadoptediaidescriptiveisurvey idesign. iThe ipopulationiofithisistudy icomprised iofi ipublic i iUniversity iin iEdo iState i iThe isample ifor ithe istudy iconsisted iof ione ihundred iand ififty iseven i i i(157)iwhich i iare i i97 i i istudentsiforiUniversity iofiBenini i53i iAmbrose iAliiUniversityi iStudents. iTheiquestionnaireiwhichiwasivalidatedibyithreei(3) iexperts ifrom ithe idepartment iof iVocational iand iTechnical iEducation. iThe ireliability iof ithe iinstrument iwas iensured iusing iCronbach iAlpha ireliability itechnique iwhich iyielded ia icoef icient iindex iof i0.888 iwhich iindicated ithat ithe iinstrument iwas ireliable. iFifty i(50) iquestionnaires iwere iadministered i ito ithe irespondents iwith ithe ihelp iof itwo iresearch iassistant iand ififty i(50)were iretrieved ion ithe ispot irepresenting i100% irate iof ireturn. iThe iData icollected iwere ianalyzed iusing imean iand istandard ideviation ito ianswerithe iresearch iquestion. iIn iorderito iinterpret ithe iresult iof ithe iresearchiquestioniairangeiscale iwasiused. iAnyiitemiwithimeaniscore igreaterithani3iandilesser ithanioriequalitoi4iwasiconsiderediasiaivery ihighiextenti(VHE) The ifindings iof ithis istudy irevealed ithat ipersonalized ilearning iaf ects iacademic iperformance iof ibusiness ieducation istudents iin ipublic iuniversities ito ia ihigh iextent. iAlso, ithe ifindings irevealed ithat iinteractive ilearning iaf ects iacademic iperformance iof ibusiness ieducation istudents iin ipublic iuniversities ito ia ihigh iextent. iSimilarly, ifindings irevealed ithat icollaborative ilearning iand ienhancing icommunication iaf ects iacademic iperformance iof ibusiness ieducation istudentsiin ipublic iuniversitiesito ia ihigh iextent. iTherefore, ibased ion ithe ifindingsiof ithisistudy, iit iwasirecommended iamong iothersithat iteachersiof ibusinessieducation ishould iengage iin iintensive iand iextensive iuse iof iICT iin iteaching iand ilearning iof ibusinessieducation, itaking iadvantage iof ithe ismart iphones iowned iby ithe istudents; iand iteachers ishould ipromote idialogue iand icollaboration iamong istudentsito ienable ithem ilearn ion itheiriown iby isharing iidea iwith iothers, iwhile ithe iteacher ifacilitatesitheiprocess