Recommendations
For achievement to be realized there should be an advancement on the programs used in teaching physics. This means that standards should be improved to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the method of teaching.
The content should be reviewed by the computer education advisory board to make sure that it meets the standards of the examining council.
The teaching staff should meet the professional requirements of computer-based technology in education. With knowledge and skills, teachers can comfortably give instructions to students using computer technology.
To ensure the effectiveness of computers in increasing student achievement, physics teacher preparation guides should be used alongside this method of teaching.
To improve student achievement, the classrooms, physics laboratory, and the library should be well equipped with the computer infrastructure and other learning resources.
Adequate expertise ought to be provided to provide technical support to students and teachers during learning.
Computer learning may involve a wide range of activities. Students’ concentration maybe diverted to some of these activities hence low achievement. To avoid this, the teacher should ensure students are engaged fully in the activity of the day. Also, the teachers should encourage students to consult during their time if there is a need.
Since computer learning was not very effective in increasing student achievement, high schools should supplement it with other methods such as books.
The effectiveness of computer learning can only increase student achievement in physics if only the students are computer literate. It is therefore recommended that all students be computer literate.
Achievement in physics may entail many factors. In this case, the use of computers in the classroom may have addressed the attitude factor only. They should therefore look into other things hindering the achievement.
Students should not only read on computers. They should write notes that can be used in the future for revision. Also, they should perform practically what they have learned in the lab to achieve maximum effectiveness.
Computer effectiveness in learning physics can be made more effective by providing more simplified versions using other teaching methods. For example, the diagrams on the computer may be difficult to interpret. The teacher can simplify it by giving a simpler version of the same.
The Need for Implementing Internet in High Schools
Recommendations
Internet is one of the best tools for learning and teaching. However, while implementing the internet in high schools internet safety curriculum should come in handy. This is because teens are vulnerable to potential dangers on the internet and thus they should be warned and taught on the appropriate use of the internet.
Implementing the internet in high schools will have a fiscal impact on the institutions and other concerned parties. This, therefore, means that a budget should be prepared and sufficient funds set aside for this activity.
Implementing the internet in high school will also be dependent on other factors such as computers and other infrastructures. They should thus be put in place to make the internet users in these institutions.
Implementation of the internet in high schools should achieve academic purposes. It should be used to find information and research that should aim at improving students’ grades. Other purposes may include finding information on current events.
The schools should come up with policies that would help in gatekeeping the information from the internet. Clear rules and regulations concerning the use of the internet will help in ensuring that the information improves the performance in high schools.
High school students should be taught how to identify the viability of internet information. Research and assignments should be done from reliable websites such as those from government and education institutions.
Staff in high schools should undergo training that will equip them on the importance and effective usage of the internet in the institution.
Computer literacy is recommended for all the students and staff in high schools before the implementation of the internet to make it a useful tool for learning and teaching.
Measures to curb the incidence of academic misconduct such as cyber plagiarism and cheating should come in handy with the implementation of the internet in high schools.
Implementation of the internet in high schools should not take away the core teaching and evaluation practices, it should act as a supplement source to teaching and learning.
Classes offering Computer concepts and other computer knowledge such as web page construction should be started with the implementation of the internet.
All the departments in the schools need to be upgraded and networked with the implementation of the internet. This will reduce cost, save time and energy hence improving performance by both students and the staff.