Impact of Experiential Learning Strategy on Senior Secondary Students’ Achievement in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) In Oyo State, Nigeria
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This study investigated the impact of experiential learning strategy on senior secondary school students’ achievement in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). HTML is a markup language used for structuring and presenting content on the web. It is a fundamental technology for creating web pages and web applications. The study adopted the pretest-posttest control group quasiexperimental research design. A purposive sampling procedure was employed to select secondary schools from Ibadan North Local Government, Oyo State. The participants were 30 (17 males and 13 females) senior secondary school students of two intact classes (SS3) from two secondary schools. The instruments used for data were HTML Achievement Test (HTMLAT) with a reliability coefficient of 0.76 and instructional guides. Data were analysed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and Bonferroni post-hoc test at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant effect of treatment on students’ achievement in HTML (F (1;29) = 136.46; p<0.05, partial η2 = .845). In addition, it was also found that gender had a significant effect on students’ achievement in HTML (F (1;29) = 11.80; p<0.05, partial η2 = .321). There was no significant interaction effect of treatment and gender on students’ achievement in HTML computer programming. Based on this finding, it is recommended that teachers should adopt the use of experiential learning strategy for teaching HTML since it h as the potential of enhancing students’ achievement in computer programming.
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