DIGITAL RESOURCES AND HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION STUDENTS LEARNING OUTCOME IN BATTER MAKING:THE CASE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UYO

Abstract

This study determined the effect of digital resources on learning outcomes in batter making among Home Economics Education students in University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Two specific objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses were stated to guide the study. The study employed the quasi experimental research design, utilizing the pretest, post-test, control group design. 46 year one students of Home Economics Education in the 2022/2023 set from the University of Uyo formed the population for the study. 46 students were used for the sample. The students were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. 10 students were in the control group taught with expository method, while 9 students each were taught with youtube and google classroom respectively. The instruments of the study included instructional lesson plans for the three teaching methods and an assessment tool titled “Batter making Achievement Test”. To ensure face and content validity of the instruments, the draft of the instruments was subjected to face and content validation by three experts, one from the department of measurement and evaluation and two from the department of Home Economic Education, all from the University of Uyo, Uyo. To determine the reliability of the instrument, the instrument was administered to 10 respondents from the population of the study who did not constitute part of the main study. A reliability coefficient of 0.86 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha. Mean and standard deviation was used for answering research questions while analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used in testing the null hypotheses at 05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that youtube and google classroom have a significant positive effect on learning outcomes. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that heads of schools should encourage their teachers to regularly use google classroom method when teaching students batter making.