Colour in Instructional Computer Graphics Design and Students’ Performance in Fine Arts in Private Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria

Abstract

This study set out to determine the effect of colour in computer graphics designed instructional materials on students’ academic performance in fine arts in private secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. A simple random sample of 60 SS II fine arts students from two private secondary schools was used for the study. These two schools were purposively selected from five private secondary schools that offer fine arts at SS II class. The non randomized control group pre-test-post-test experimental design was used in carrying out the study. One research instrument named, Student Performance Test in Fine Arts (SPTFA) was used in gathering data. The analysis of data involved the use of descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The result obtained from the analysis showed that students taught using Computer-Aided designed (CAD) instructional materials performed significantly better than those taught without using any (CAD) instructional materials. Colour showed high significance. It was therefore recommended among other things that computer graphics should be effectively used in the preparation of instructional materials because of its overall significant effect on the students’ performances in fine arts. It was suggested that the proprietors of the private secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State should establish Desktop publishing unit for the development of quality print instructional materials.

Keywords: Colour, computer graphics, computer-aided design (CAD), instructional materials, students’ performance.