IMPACT OF GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE ON STUDENT’S LEARNING ABILITY AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ZARIA, NIGERIA

Shehu Muhammed PhD

Abstract


This study assessed the impact of Google search engine on student’s learning ability among business education students in Federal college of education, Zaria, the study was guide with by one objective and one research question. Quantitative research approach was employed and the targeted population for this study is 692 comprising the NCE students (411) and the B.Ed. students (281) of Business Education Department, Federal College of Education, Zaria. The sample size of the study was 70 this comprises of NCE (42) and B.Ed (28) students serving as the respondents. The sampling techniques used for the study was purposive sampling techniques, taking 10%. The sampling size of each student (NCE and B.Ed) as respondents. The instrument used to collect data for this study is structured questionnaire in gathering information from the students of Business Education Department, Federal College of Education, Zaria. The study makes used of SPSS as a statistical tool and to analyze data generated from the respondents mean and standard deviation was used. The findings of the study revealed that majority of respondents do use the Google search engine for academic purpose. It was concluded that Business Education students at FCE Zaria needed to use the Google search engine for academic purpose frequently as this will help majority of them to know to use the Google search engine for academic purpose. The study recommends that educational technologists and College management needed to encourage each and every department not only Business Education students at FCE Zaria on the use the Google search engine for academic purpose.

Key word; google search engine, ICT,  challenges,  business education and students


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