The Effects of Integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) In Teaching the Atomic Structure in Chemistry among Senior High School Students

This research work looks at the effects of incorporating technology (I.C.T) into the educational curriculum most especially in chemistry and how it affects the teaching and learning of the atomic structure in the senior high schools. The study made used of an experimental design in the data collection. The overall students for this study were eighty one (81) S.H.S Chemistry Students in Our Lady of Lourdes Girls' Senior High School but the researcher worked with fifty six (56) of them in the same year group. The sampling was done by using a shuffled list and assigning every second person to one group and the others to a different group. Multiples-choice and fill-in the blank questions were used for the data collection. The test was conducted before as pretest and after as posttest for the two groups respectively. From the mean, standard deviation and the t-test, (t-value of -3.434) there was a significant difference in the mean scores of the students taught using the I.C.T integrated method.  Per this findings, chemistry educators or teachers are encouraged to integrate I.C.T in the teaching and learning processes of the atomic structure.  Chemistry students should be challenged to use the internet and other technological mediums in their learning and doing of assignment especially in the topic, atomic structure. This will help them to be familiar with the use of I.C.T tools and how to use them in their learning processes. 

Technology, Integration, Communication, Transformed, Information, Chemistry, Atomic structure, incorporate

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