Authors : Blessing Ngozi Eze, Benardine Ifeoma Onah and Benard Chimezie Ezenma
Abstract: This study is on assessment of an intelligent tutor system for learning Robotics programming courses in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions. The study purpose was to evaluate the developed intelligent tutor system for learning Robotics programming courses in tertiary institutions, two specific objectives and 2 research questions guided the study and 1 hypothesis were formulated. This developed ITS followed Research and Development (R&D) design based on the theoretical foundation of Iterative life cycle model. The ITS package was developed as web based using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP. The population of the study is 120 students and three schools were used. The 120 students also formed the population that was used to evaluate the ITS. The total sampling techniques was used while the reliabilities of instrumensts were tested with Cronbach-alpha coefficient. Result gotten is 0.89 mean answered research questions and tested the hypothesis that guided the study. Furthermore, the findings on hypothesis tested shows the no significance differences in the responses of second year students of tertiary institutions selected for the study on their learning experiences using the developed intelligent tutor system. It was recommended that the developed tutor should be adopted by teachers in computing disciplines for effective use in classroom teaching and teachers should engage students in practical use of the developed ITS in teaching Robotics programmming courses for increased learner motivation and performance.
Blessing Ngozi Eze, Benardine Ifeoma Onah and Benard Chimezie Ezenma, 2020. Assessment of an Intelligent Tutor System for Learning Robotics Programming Courses in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 2900-2906.