TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effects of Information Technology on the Achievements of Senior Secondary School Students in Essay Writing
AU - , G. Olu Oyinloye 
JO  - Asian Journal of Information Technology
VL  - 7
IS  - 8
SP  - 362
EP  - 369
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1682-3915
DO  - ajit.2008.362.369
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2008.362.369
KW  - Information technology
KW  -achievement
KW  -expression
KW  -internet exploration
KW  -essay
KW  -writing
KW  -teaching methods
AB  - The study investigated the Effects of Information Technology on the Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Essay Writing in English language. The research design is a pre and post test study, which involved 3 experimental groups and a control group. The subjects were 200 senior secondary school students, who were computer literate. They were taught by graduate English language teachers, who were computer literate. The students were taught with 3 methods of teaching namely, lecture, discussion and discussion with internet exploration. The student’s achievements in specialskills of essay writing specifically in expression, organization of ideas, contents and mechanical accuracy were determined. The study revealed that students, who were taught with discussion method combined with internet exploration performed better in expression, organization, contents and mechanical accuracy all which were regarded as overall performance. It was also discovered that students taught with discussion method performed better than those taught with lecture methods. It was recommended that language teachers should use discussion method with internet exploration to teach essay writing.
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