EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ONDO STATE
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academic performance, gender, social media, secondary school, WhatsAppAbstract
This study investigated the effect of social media on students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools in Ondo State. The research type adopted in this study was a pre-test posttest quasi-experimental design. The sample population of 57 students were selected from secondary schools in the state using a simple random sampling technique and assigned into an experimental group and a control group. The control group were taught English language using a conventional teaching method while the experimental group students were exposed to the Social Media Learning Package (WhatsApp). English Language Achievement Test (ELAT) was used for data collection. The instrument reliability coefficient gave a value of 0.79. ELAT was administered to students as a pre‐test and post‐test. The students’ pretest and post‐test scores were analyzed using ANCOVA. The results revealed a significant main effect of treatment (WhatsApp) on the English language performance of SS1 students in secondary schools. However, there was no significant interaction effect of treatment and gender on the performance of SS1 students in English language. Also, there was no significant interaction effect of treatment and school location on the performance of SS1 students in English language. The study recommended that social media learning packages like WhatsApp should be introduced into the classroom to improve English language teaching-learning process.
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