FROM CHAO TO CLARITY: TRANSFORMING LEARNING WITH GRAPHIC ORGANISERS FOR IMPROVED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ICT

<doi>10.24250/jpe/2/2023/OTO/MAA/OLO/AKO/JF/MOA/</doi>

Abstract

A graphic organiser is one of the teaching methods that can
assist learners to organize information, structuring the
information and relating the concept to another.
Secondary school students perceived computer networks as
one of the difficult concepts in computer studies. This study
examines the potency of graphic organisers in learning
computer networks in the newly implemented ICT
curriculum in Nigeria. This study employed a quantitative
research approach. The data collected was analysed with
ANCOVA with pre-test scores as the Covariate. The results
from the study reveal that students in the experimental group performed better than their counterparts in the
control group due to the intervention they had. Thus the
results show that there is a significant difference in the
performance of students taught computer networks using
the two methods- graphic organisers and lecture method
irrespective of their gender. This study is unique because it
relies on the testing of visual and graphical
representations of contents in reducing the hitches in the
study of computer networks which justifies the adoption of
the graphic organisers in learning ICT.