EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON SENIOR SECONDARY TWO CIVIC EDUCATION STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN JOS-NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on senior secondary two (SS II) Civic Education students’ achievement in Jos-North Local Government Area, Plateau State, Nigeria. The study was guided by two objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses. Quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group research design was employed. The sample was 75 students drawn from two schools out of a population of 1,779 SS II students. Data collection instruments was the Civic Education Achievement Test (CEAT). The instrument was structured on the five-point Likert scale. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The hypotheses were tested using ANCOVA at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that in the experimental group, the achievement of SS II students in civic education was better than that of the control group. The study also found that female students showed slightly better achievement than male students in civic education when taught using artificial intelligence. However, that did not indicate any significant disparity. On the whole, the study found that there was a significant effect of artificial intelligence on SS II students’ achievement in civic education. The study recommended among others, that AI systems should be designed to cater to the unique learning needs of both male and female students, and that AI developers and educators should collaborate to create inclusive and gender-sensitive algorithms and interfaces that recognize and accommodate different learning styles in Jos-North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria