ABSTRACT
The attitude of students’ to learning determines what is learnt and retained both in the cognitive and psychomotor domains of learning. But it has been observed that the attitudes of students toward learning have become so porous. The purpose of this study was to determine the Relationship Between Co-curricular Activities on Students' Attitudes to Learning Computer Studies as a school subject in the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The study determined the extent to which independent variables such as participations in debate, Science Club, quizzes and school influence Students’ attitudes to the learning of Computer Studies as a school subject in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State
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Four research questions were raised and four hypotheses were formulated. The study employed a correlational survey design. The investigation was conducted in four Senior Secondary Schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, that were involved with co-curricular activities and offer Computer Studies as a school subject. A sample of 150 Senior Secondary School
(SS II) students were used. The study made use of the structured questionnaire as the instrument to collect data. The internal consistency of the instrument was measured using Cronbach Alpha and an average reliability coefficient of 0.75 was obtained. The data gathered was coded and analysed using the descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation and percentage count, while all hypotheses were tested using the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation statistics at a 0.05 alpha level of significance.
The results obtained from the different schools showed that there was a significant positive relationship between the co-curricular activities such as students' participation in debates, Science Club activities, quizzes and school publications and students’ attitude to the learning of Computer Studies as a school subject in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. Students’ participation in debate was found to have a 10% positive influence, participation in Science Club activities had 16% influence on Students’ attitude, participation in school publication had 16% influence and participation in quizzes had the highest influence which was 22% influence on Students’ attitude to the Learning of Computer Studies as a school subject. It was then recommended that co-curricular activities be woven into school programmes by teachers, school administrators, curriculum planners, and education policymakers in all the Senior Secondary Schools in the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.
Keywords: co-curricular activities, debate, Science Club, quizzes, school publication, attitude.
