Perceived Students’ Interest after Using a Teacher Developed Instructional Software Package for Learning Technical Drawing in Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State

By

Dr. Martha E. AZONWU

Department of Vocational and Technology Education,

Rivers State University,

Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Email: marthaazonwu@yahoo.com

Abstract

This research focused on perceived students’ interest after using a Teacher Developed Instructional Software Package (TDISP) for Learning Technical Drawing in Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State. The area of the study was Rivers State. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was all Government Technical College students in Rivers State. The sample size for the study was thirty students in the experiment group. A research question and hypothesis were posited to find out the effect of teacher-developed instructional software package on students’ achievement and interest in Technical Drawing. The research question consisted of fifteen items structured Likert questionnaire to elicit response on general information on the level of interest of the students while using TDISPTD. The instrument was validated with internal consistency of 0.781 by Kendall co-efficient of Concordance method. The reliability of the instrument was determined using the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient of 0.78. Data collected were analyzed using frequency, mean and standard deviation with mean value of 3.50. The null hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Based on the data collected and analyzed, the study found out that the teacher developed simulated software package affect students’ achievement and interest in construction of angles, triangles, circles, quadrilaterals and polygons in senior secondary schools in Rivers State. Based on the study, this suggestion was given that students feel enthused to use the teacher-developed instructional software package in Technical Drawing, therefore more should be developed.

Key words: Teacher developed instructional software package, Interest, Technical Drawing.