Abstract
The study investigated the Effects of Cooperative and Computer Assisted Learning Methods on Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in English language. The study was limited to students’ academic achievement in English vocabulary. The objective of this study is to determine the academic achievement of students taught English Vocabulary through the Cooperative, Computer Assisted Learning and the Traditional Method. Two research questions guided the study. The quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design was adopted. 178 sampled students were used. The instructional procedure, objective test questions adopted from the Intensive English for Senior Secondary school and one-on-one interaction with students were the main instruments used in gathering data for this research work. The findings of the study reveal that Cooperative Learning and the Computer Assisted Learning methods increased students’ academic achievement in English Vocabulary. It was recommended that public schools are provided with computers facilities and also the Cooperative and Computer assisted learning methods should be incorporated as methods used in the teaching of English Language as a whole.
Keywords: Cooperative and Computer Assisted Learning, Methods of Teaching English Language in Senior Secondary Schools, Students Academic Achievement Test in English Language in Yenagoa
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