A Comparative Study of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) and Traditional Strategies to Improve Student Learning of College Students in Jaipur Rajasthan

This study compared the effectiveness of computerassisted instruction package and conventional strategy on the academic performance of college level students in Jaipur. A pre-test and post-test control group was used for the study. Fifty (50) students were randomly selected (25 males and 25 females) from two college levels students that participated in the study. The students were randomly divided into experimental and control groups respectively. Subjects in the experimental group received instruction using the Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) software package on the Computer Assisted biology Achievement Test (CAEAT) designed to measure specific learning outcomes related to the study concept while the control group was taught using the conventional method.Both the instrument and the treatment were content and face validated. A 20 items computer Assisted biology achievement test (CAEAT) was administered to the students at pre test and post test. Two hypotheses were postulated and tested at a significance level of 0.05. The analysis yielded the following results. (1) There was a significant difference between the achievement scores of the students who were taught vocabulary and structure using the CAI software and those who were taught using the conventional method (t = 5.04, df = 19, p 0.05). Based on the results, it is recommended that teachers are encouraged to use CAI software to teach subject-related concepts as it improves learning. Keywords: - CAI (Computer Assisted Instruction), CAEAT (Computer Assisted biology Achievement Test), Traditional