Effect of Visual Literacy on the Academic Achievements of Students in Computer Studies in Selected Secondary Schools in Enugu State

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The study examines the effect of visual literacy on the academic achievement of students in Computer studies in selected secondary schools in Enugu State. A quasi-experimental design was used for the study and the sample consisted of one hundred (100) Senior Secondary School Two (SS2) students selected from both public and private secondary schools in Enugu State through stratified random sampling technique. The sample was divided into two major groups: experimental (n-50) and control group (n-50). The Experimental Group (EG) was taught using visual literacy materials, while the Control Group (CG) was taught without visual literacy. A pre-test and post-test of Computer Achievement Test (CAT) was administered to both groups before and after the treatment respectively. Data were later analyzed using frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation. While the hypotheses were tested using T-Test. The results showed that there was statistically significance difference between the academic achievements of students taught using visual literacy and those taught without visual literacy. The mean score (55.1400) of the EG was higher than that of the CG (49.3600), showing that students in the EG outperformed those in the CG after the treatment. The findings further showed that there was a statistically significance difference between the academic achievements of male and female students who received the same visual literacy treatment. The mean score (56.0400) of female students in the EG was higher than that of their male counterparts (53.8800), showing that the female students performed better than the males. A statistically significant difference was also found in the mean scores of students from public and private schools who received the same visual literacy treatment. The students from the private school performed better than those from the public school. We conclude that visuals if properly integrated into the teaching and learning process could be a catalyst to stimulate students’ critical thinking, comprehension and interpretation of concepts in Computer science. Keywords: Visual literacy, Animation, Multimedia, Academic Achievement, Computer studies, Secondary school