GENDER DIMENSION FROM EFFECT OF MOBILE INSTRUCTIONAL APP ON UNDERGRADUATES’ PERFORMANCE IN ECONOMICS

Abstract

Gender dimension in educational technology is becoming critical within the context of patriarchal Nigerian society. Thus, this study examined effect of mobile instructional app on undergraduates’ performance in economics from the dimension of gender. The research design adopted for this study was a quasi-experimental design. All undergraduates from Sokoto State University formed the population of the study. An intact class of 34 (23 males and 11 females) two hundred level undergraduates of Economics was purposively sampled for the study. Two instruments were developed and used for this study: Mobile Instructional App (MIA) and Economic Principles Test Instrument (EPTI). Descriptive statistics (mean) was used to answer the research question, the only null hypothesis of the study was tested using independent samples t-test. Findings revealed that there was no significant difference between male and female undergraduate students’ academic performance in the use of the mobile instructional app in economics. It was recommended that university curriculum should be made flexible to accommodate the use of mobile devices for the learning process and that undergraduates should endeavour to explore the opportunities offered by mobile instructional app for an improved academic performance irrespective of gender difference.