Abstract

This paper investigates the effects of video projection, PowerPoint instructional package and traditional teaching methods on the academic performance of basic science students in Uyo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. Two experimental groups (taught using video projection and PowerPoint instructional package) and one control group (taught using traditional teaching method) were used for the study. Two research questions, two objectives and one hypothesis were formulated to guide this study. The post-test only experimental design approach was adopted to teach and examine 205 out of 8,475 basic three students in six sampled schools out of the forty-seven public basic schools in the study area. The instrument for data collection was the Basic Science Performance Test (BSPT) with twenty five multiple choice items. Data collected were analysed using Mean, Standard Deviation, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Scheffe Multiple Comparison Test. Findings revealed that video projection and PowerPoint instructional packages yielded higher performances than traditional teaching method. On the basis of the findings, it was recommended that modern technology should be employed in teaching and be enforced through appropriate capacity building in terms of infrastructure and teacher training and retraining.