Effect of Electronics Workbench Software on Technical College Students` Performance in Electronics Devices and Circuits in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Kabiru Muhammad¹ , Ahmad A. Deba² , Haruna Angulu³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.10 , Issue.5 , pp.36-49, Oct-2023

Online published on Oct 31, 2023

Copyright © Kabiru Muhammad, Ahmad A. Deba, Haruna Angulu . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
This study examined the effect of electronics workbench software on technical college students` performance in electronics devices and circuits. To achieve this, three specific objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Literatures were reviewed in the areas related to the study. Quasi-experimental design was used as the design of the study. The area of the study is Bauchi State of Nigeria. The population of the study comprises of 92 NTC II technical colleges students that are offering electronics devices and circuits. A purposive sampling technique was used in selecting two colleges for the study. 92 students from two intact classes were assigned in to experimental and control groups. The research instruments Electronics Devices and Circuits Performance Test (EDCPT) were validated by three experts. The instruments were administered by the researcher with the help of two research assistants, the experimental group taught using electronics workbench software for four weeks while, the control group were taught using traditional method for same period. The data collected for the research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while, the null hypotheses were tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significant. The result shows insignificant different between the pretest mean results of both the experimental and control groups, which showed that both groups have equal entry knowledge, while, the posttest mean performance score of experimental group stood at (62.52) which is significantly higher than the posttest mean performance score of control group (52.09) with mean difference of (10.43), this showed that, the students taught using electronics workbench software outperformed the students taught using traditional method. It was recommended among others that; Teachers should ensure that low-performing electronics devices and circuits students are exposed to electronics devices and circuits to equip them with learning skills.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Electronics Workbench Software, Performance, Devices, Circuits, Effect, Technical and College

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