Effect of Still-Images on Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in History in Katsina Metropolis

Abstract

This study sought to examine the Effect of Still-images on Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in History in Katsina Metropolis. Two research questions and two hypotheses were raised and formulated to guide the study. The study used pre-test and posttest quasi experimental design. The population covers a total of 3272 SS II Students offering History from 9 schools offering the subject. The sample of the study comprised of 220 SSII students. A validated multiple choice item instrument namely: History Performance Test (HPT) with reliability coefficient of 0.81 was used in data collection. The research questions were answered and 
analyzed using mean and standard deviations while hypotheses were tested using independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance with the aid of SPSS Version 23.1.  The findings revealed that students taught using still-images performed significantly 
better than those taught using conventional method. The study concluded that still images improved the academic performance of History students in secondary schools. It is also concluded that the use of still-images enhanced students’ academic performance in History subject better than conventional method. It was recommended among others that Katsina State Government should train and retrain the teachers of History the usefulness of still-images instructional material through organized conferences, seminars and workshops.