Visual media and learning: Effect of interactive television instruction as an intervention strategy for improving the critical thinking skills and disposition of out-of-school nomadic children in Nigeria

Abstract

Out-of-school nomadic children are at the risk of demonstrating low critical thinking skills and disposition because of a number of reasons-they lack access to formal education, their parents are largely illiterate, they associate mainly with children in their category. This study was conducted to determine if interactive television instruction will be effective in improving the critical thinking skills and propensity of out-of-school nomadic children. The researchers applied quasi-experimental design and collected data with the use of two scales. The result of the analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that although there was no difference in the critical thinking skills and disposition of the respondents at Time 1, out-of-school children who received the intervention reported higher score in their critical thinking skills and disposition at Time 2 and Time 3 accordingly while those who did not receive the intervention did not report any significant improvement in their critical thinking skills and disposition.