EFFECT OF ANIMATED PICTORIAL PACKAGE ON ATTITUDE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS BASIC TECHNOLOGY IN OLORUNDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OSUN STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of animated pictorial package on junior secondary school students’ attitude towards Basic Technology in Olorunda Local Government, Osun State. The study employed the non-equivalent pre-test, post-test and control group quasi-experimental research design involving 43 junior secondary school II students in two intact classes selected from two schools in the study area using simple random sampling technique. One research instrument tagged "Students' attitude Towards Basic Technology" (SATBT) was used to collect data for the study. Data collected were analysed using frequency, percentage,standard deviation, mean and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).

The results of the study showed a significant effect of animated pictorial package on junior secondary school students' attitude towards Basic Technology in Olorunda Local Government Area, Osun State (F =20.922; p < 0.05). It also revealed no significant interactive effects of animated pictorial package and gender on junior secondary school students' attitude towards Basic Technology in the study area (F = 2.307;p > 0.05). The study concluded that animated pictorial package had a significant effect on junior secondary school students' attitude towards Basic Technology in Olorunda Local Government Area, Osun State.