TY - JOUR T1 - Effect of Programmed Instruction on the Academic Achievement of Students in Introductory Technology AU - , F.E. Iserameiya AU - , F.I. Anyasi JO - The Social Sciences VL - 3 IS - 5 SP - 371 EP - 375 PY - 2008 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2008.371.375 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2008.371.375 KW - Programmed instruction KW -academic achievement KW -introductory technology KW -Nigeria AB - This research investigated the effect of programmed instruction on the academic achievement of students in introductory technology. To this end 3 hypotheses were formulated and samples of 80 JSSII students were involved in the study. The t-test statistic method was used for the analysis of the data collected. When the analyised data were compared with the standard students t-distribution table (table D), for a degree of freedom (df) of 78, at the significance level of 0.05 with 2-tailed test has a critical t-value of 1.960, it revealed a significant difference in all the tested hypothesis, confirming that Programmed Instruction is effective on students academic performance. It helps the students to be creative, develop new learning ideas and skills independently. It promotes active participation of the learner. Both methods of instructions contribute to high academic achievements as the mean scores were above average. ER -