The development of computer – assisted instruction on basic programing language subject for grade 9 students of Navamintrachinutit Suankularb Witayalai Samutprakan School

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to develop, examine quality and efficiency of computer-assisted instruction on Basic Programming Language and to compare learning achievement of the students before and after using the instruction. The sample of the study comprised 51 ninth grade students in the academic year 2/2014 at Nawamintrachinutit Suankularb Wittayalai Samutprakarn School, selected by Cluster Random Sampling method. The research instruments were a computer-assisted instruction on Basic Programming Language, an instruction quality assessment form and a learning achievement test on Basic Programming Language with Difficulty Index = 0.21- 0.79, Discrimination = 0.20 - 0.50 and Reliability = 0.85. The data were analyzed by using arithmetic mean (), standard deviation (S), and paired t-test for dependent sample.

The results showed that the overall quality of the instruction was at an excellent level (  = 4.50 and S = 0.52). In consider, the content quality (= 4.42 and S = 0.58) and the media production quality ( = 4.58 and S = 0.47) were at a high level, with the efficiency E₁/E₂ = 81.2/85.4 . Learning achievement of the students who used the computer-assisted instruction on Basic Programming Language was found to increase with significantly higher post-test scores when compared to the pre-test scores at 0.05.