Title: EFFECT OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM ON COMPUTER EDUCATION STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN COMPUTER NETWORKING COURSE IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA

Authors:
Lovina I. Eze & John E. Eze

Abstract: Abstract This study investigated the effect of flipped classroom on computer education students’ attitude and achievement in computer networking in colleges of education in Kano state, Nigeria. This study adopted a quasi-experimental research design; a non-equivalent pre-test-post-test control group design in which intact classes were assigned to the experimental and control groups. The population of the study consisted of one hundred and twelve (112) computer education students from the two federal colleges of education in Kano State. The entire population of the study was used as the sample. Five research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. The instruments used for data collection consisted of a computer networking achievement test (CNAT) and computer networking attitude scale (CNAS). The instruments for data collection were subjected to face and content validation by research experts, from the Department of Computer and Robotics Education; University of Nigeria, Nsukka using table of specifications constructed for the multiple-choice test items. The multiple-choice test had average difficulty and discrimination indices of 0.39 and 0.52 respectively. The reliability coefficient for CNAT was computed using the Kuder-Richardson formula (KR-20) while that of CNAS was computed using Cronbach Alpha (). The reliability coefficients for the CNAT and CNAS were 0.83 and 0.86 respectively. The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses for the study were tested using t- test and the Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) with pre-test scores as covariates at 0.05 level of significance. Effect size (Eta-Squared) was used to determine how important any observed differences are. The findings from the study showed that flipped learning instructional strategy was more effective than the lecture method in improving students’ academic achievement and attitude in computer networking. The result also shows that there was no significant difference between the achievement of male and female students from the experimental group in computer networking and that there was no significant interaction effects of treatment and gender on students’ achievement and attitude in Computer networking. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that flipped learning approach is more effective than lecture method in improving student’s achievement and attitude in computer networking. It was recommended among others that the Federal and State governments through the Ministry of Education should provide adequate ICT facilities and resources for effective implementation of flipped learning strategy in all Colleges of Education in Nigeria. Keywords; Flipped Classroom, Attitude, Networking, Academic Achievement, Computer Networking

Publication Date: 2026-06-04