Integrating Interactive White Board in Classroom Teaching: An Innovative Tool for Enhancing Students’ Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Rivers State

Abstract

The study investigated integrating interactive white board in classroom teaching: an innovative tool for enhancing students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The population consisted of 7142 teachers from secondary schools in Rivers State. A sample of 362 teachers was obtained for the study through the multistage sampling technique. The instrument used to elicit responses was a self-structured questionnaire, which was validated by experts, and had a reliability index of 0.80. Mean was used to answer the research questions while the z-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that the interactive whiteboard enhances critical thinking and collaboration among students, ensures that distance is not a barrier to learning and gives students access to virtual laboratory among others.