Lecturers’ Factors, Teaching Methods and Students’ Academic Outcome in Computer Keyboarding Skills in Colleges of Education, Southwest, Nigeria
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2025-12
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Lead City University, Ibadan
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The study investigated Lecturers’ Factors, Teaching Methods and Students’ Academic Outcome in Computer Keyboarding Skills in Colleges of Education, Southwest, Nigeria. Studies on research works have covered comprehensive nature on many traditional teaching methods but this research work incorporates and blends the traditional teaching methods applicable to practical with modern pedagogical approaches and contemporary lecturers factors. It highlights the critical function that lecturers fulfill in shaping students' academic performance through their educational strategies, dispositions, and anticipations. The research emphasizes that lecturers’ salary, teaching experience, qualifications, teaching facilities and working condition of lecturers may have an impact on student outcomes, despite the fact that these variables have yielded inconsistent findings. The aim of the study is to investigate the influence of lecturers’ factors and methods of teaching on student’s academic outcome in computer keyboarding skills. Two-Factor Theory, Constructivism Learning Theory, Theory of Behaviorism and Connectivism were applicable and used Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Five objectives of the study, three research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The sample covered total number of (1105) one thousand one hundred and five 200 level Business Education students. The validity of the instrument was determined by two experts in research methodology to make inputs while the internal consistency reliability coefficient of 0.68 was obtained for the study Descriptive and inferential statistics: simple percentage, mean, standard deviation and anova were used to analyze data. Findings revealed that the level of academic outcome in computer keyboarding skills is high (x=3.48) and standard deviation of (0.66). The level of status of lecturers’ factors in computer keyboarding skills is high with average weighted mean of (X3.36) with standard deviation of (0.66). The Degree to which teaching methods enhance computer keyboarding Skills is also high (x=3.38) and standard deviation of (0.66). The results show a Multiple Regression coefficient of R = .508, an adjusted R² = 0.257, indicating a positive correlation on combined influence of lecturer’s factors and methods of teaching on academic outcome of students. (Adj. R 2 = 0.257) and (F = 157.791; p<0.001). Research hypothesis two presents the standardized beta (β) coefficients which revealed relative influence of lecturer’s factors and methods of teaching on academic outcome of students. The results show that all predictor variables significantly influence students' academic outcomes in computer keyboard skills, with [β = .299, t(139) = 9.111, p < 0.05] and [β = .298, t(139) = 9.323, p < 0.05]. It was concluded that, high level of academic outcome in computer keyboarding exists among students as a result of lecturers’ factor and application of appropriate teaching methods. The results concluded that, effective pedagogical techniques and lecturer-student interactions are essential for enhancing students' learning outcomes in the domain of computer keyboarding skills. It
was recommended that, government should continue to support and maintain competitive salaries, improve working environments, and provide opportunities for professional development. among others and lecturers should continue to intensify of application of appropriate teaching methods.
Keywords: Academic Outcome, Computer Keyboarding, Lecturers’ Factors, Teaching Methods, Skills
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Academic Outcome, Computer Keyboarding, Lecturers’ Factors, Teaching Methods, Skills
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kate Turabian