Assessment of Computer Robotics Programming Needs of Computer Education and Electrical/Electronic Technology Students for Improving Academic Performance in Universities in South Eastern Nigeria

摘要

The study focused on assessment of computer robotics programming needs of computer education and electrical/electronic technology students for improving academic performance in universities in south east Nigeria. Three research questions were developed to guide the study while three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population for the study was 200 comprising of 70 computer education lecturers in the universities that offer computer education, 130 computer education students in South Eastern States. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher. This instrument contained 30 items with four options. The reliability index of 0.88 was established using Cronbach Alpha method for internal consistency of questionnaire items. The research assistance involved in administering the instruments was briefed by the researcher. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation for answering research questions while t-test was employed to test the 3 null hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22. Data analyzed revealed that students need intelligent tutor system for teaching robotic programming. Furthermore, the findings on hypotheses tested revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean scores of computer education lecturers and computer education students. The results of the present research confirm that there is need to develop an intelligent tutor system to enable the students to learn, increase their abilities as well as academic skills. It was recommended that the Federal Ministry of Education should be encouraging developers to develop an intelligent Tutor system for all the programming courses. Teachers should be encouraged to develop a tutor to make learning simple and flexible. Staffs should be trained on the way forward to make students learn programming training and retraining.