ICT Utilization and Student’s Academic Performance in Christian Religious Studies in Calabar Municipality, Nigeria

Abstract

Student’s academic performance in most school subjects especially in Christian Religious Studies (CRS) in recent times has become worrisome because of the abysmal poor performance in most external examinations. Worried by this trend of events, the researchers became keen in trying to understand what exactly is responsible for this abysmal failure rates. This research therefore assessed the influence of information and communication technology, (ICT) in the teaching and learning of Christian religious studies and students academic performance. The survey inferential research design was adopted for the study, the study was carried out in some selected secondary schools in Calabar municipality of cross river state, Nigeria. A total of 400 respondents were sampled using the stage-wise random sampling techniques from ten selected secondary schools. Multi stage random sampling technique was used in the study. The sample of the study is made up of 411 SS2 student offering CRK from ten secondary schools in the area. The respondents were made up of both male and female from 5 public secondary schools and five privately owned secondary schools. There were 235 female and 176 males. The instrument for data collection is a ten (10) item instrument titled, “ICT Utilization and Students Variable Questionnaire.” (IUSVQ) and a 20 item CRK Achievement Test (CAT) were designed by the researcher for data collection. The questionnaire was modified using four point Likert scale type. The second instrument is a 20 item CRK achievement test designed to address major topics covered in SS II syllabus in CRK. This instrument is designed to test students’ knowledge and different skills in CRK. The test is multiple options type with four options for each of the 20 questions. A total of 411 copies were administered out of this number, 400 were properly filled and returned, while only 11 (2.6%) were either wrongly filled or not returned. Only those that were correctly filled were used for analysis. Analysis of data was therefore based on four hundred (400) respondents. Simple regression analysis was used for data analysis and results presented on tables.