Effects of computer-assisted instruction on performance of senior high school biology students in Ghana

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 904-910

  Owusu, K A ^a   Monney, K A ^a   Appiah, J Y ^a   Wilmot, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Achievement; Cell cycle; Computer assisted instruction; Conventional approach; ICT and senior high school

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONTROL GROUPS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; TEACHING METHODS;

COMPUTER CRIME; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 77953132065     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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