Management and Utilization of Smart Board on Academic Achievement of Junior Secondary School Students in Ibeju Lekki L.G.A. of Lagos State

Abstract

This study investigated management and utilization of smart-board on academic achievement in some selected private junior secondary schools in Ibeju- Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State. Two research questions and the corresponding hypotheses was developed to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all the teaching staff and students of the selected private secondary schools in the area. The target population are teachers and students from four private selected secondary school Ibeju-Lekki. Most of the core academic classrooms in Lekki schools have been equipped with smart-boards for some years now. A sample size of 95 respondents were chosen randomly, 20 students from each school and 15 teachers from the same schools. The sample size was chosen by simple random and purposeful technique. The Cronbach Alpha coefficients for all scales and sub-dimensions were calculated separately. The reliability coefficient of the scale was calculated at 0.84. The research questions were answered by the coding of „Yes and No‟ while, Chi-square (X2) and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed for testing the hypothesis. The findings of the study showed that there is no significant effect between smart board utilization on academic achievement of junior secondary school students in Ibeju-Lekki. Also, there is no significant effect
between the between smart board for class group presentations on academic achievement of junior secondary school students in Ibeju-Lekki. Based on these findings, it was recommended that there should be an increase in the availability, utilization and usage for class group presentations of the smart board in the secondary schools. Also, the class group presentation should be encouraged, as well as the school administrators and government making it a matter of great priority to provide adequate personnel to train the staff and teachers on the effective use of the smart board in the secondary schools.