EFFECTS OF GOOGLE CLASSROOM ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN NATIONAL BUSINESS CERTIFICATE (NBC) YEAR 11 ACCOUNTING STUDENTS OF STATE TECHINICAL COLLEGES

Abstract

The need to improve students’ academic performance in financial accounting necessitated the study to determine the effect of google classroom application on technical colleges in Anambra state. Two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study, Quasi- experimental research design using pre-test posttest non-randomized control group design was adopted for the study. The population is made up of national business certificate (NBC) year 11 accounting students of state owned technical colleges . A sample of 177 year two students of technical colleges comprising of 95 female and 82 male were purposively sampled for the study. The google classroom application and accounting achievement Test (AAT) were the instruments used for data collection. The results of the study were analyzed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The results revealed that there is a significant difference in students’ scores in technical colleges taught with the google classroom application and those taught using conventional teaching method, there was also a significant difference in performance scores between male and female students exposed to google classroom application. It was recommended among others that google classroom application should be used always to promote students’ academic performance in technical colleges and that teachers should equally upgrade their skills on the utilization of google classroom and other technological applications to stay afloat with 21st century skills online teaching and learning practices.