ABSTRACT
This study focused on senior high school students’ perception of their computer
laboratory learning environment and how the use of computers affects their learning in
urban and community senior high schools. Data was obtained with the Computer
Laboratory Environment Inventory questionnaire, administered to 278 second year senior
high school students. The sample consisted of 171 males (61.5%) and 107 females
(38.5%) with a mean age of students being 17.4 years. The data were analyzed using
SPSS to find how frequent students experience a particular factor that affect them when
in the computer laboratory and also the difference in how male and female students
perceive their computer laboratory learning environment as measured using the t-test.
Four factors, supply material environment, integration, supervision and reliable
material environment, were found to influence students’ perception of their computer
laboratory environment. The findings revealed that students’ general perception of their
computer laboratory environments in both school types were positive but significantly
different in favour of those in urban schools. The findings suggest that serious efforts
must be made by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to improve the material environment,
particularly, in Community schools. These schools lack the necessary facilities required
to perform practical activities in the laboratory. The acquisition of manipulative and
recoding skills which are tied to the context of a laboratory and are emphasized by the
MOE and the West African Examination Council will continue to be lacking if this is not
done.
ADANE, M (2021). SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF COMPUTER LABORATORY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN THEIR SCHOOL. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/senior-high-school-students-perception-of-computer-laboratory-learning-environments-in-their-school
ADANE, MARTIN "SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF COMPUTER LABORATORY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN THEIR SCHOOL" Afribary. Afribary, 02 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/senior-high-school-students-perception-of-computer-laboratory-learning-environments-in-their-school. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
ADANE, MARTIN . "SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF COMPUTER LABORATORY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN THEIR SCHOOL". Afribary, Afribary, 02 Apr. 2021. Web. 14 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/senior-high-school-students-perception-of-computer-laboratory-learning-environments-in-their-school >.
ADANE, MARTIN . "SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF COMPUTER LABORATORY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN THEIR SCHOOL" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 14, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/senior-high-school-students-perception-of-computer-laboratory-learning-environments-in-their-school