PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS COMPUTER BASED TEST IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE TRAININGS AT LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (LAUTECH), OGBOMOSO, NIGERIA
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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v7.i3.2019.942Keywords:
Perception, Agricultural Training, Students, Computer Based TestAbstract [English]
The study examined the perception of agricultural students towards computer based testing (CBT) in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 108 agricultural students of 200level across all the departments in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. However, the respondents have different perception toward CBT as mode of assessment newly introduced by the University management. There is significant relationship between some of the selected personal characteristics the respondents (such as department {(x2=68.481); age (x2=64.389); mode of admission (x2=166.056) and basis for supporting CBT examination (x2=33.333)} and their perception of CBT mode of examination. The study therefore recommends that CBT mode of examination should be encouraged and this innovation should cut across all other level apart from 100 level students. The academic staff members of different department and faculties should encourage the spread of the innovation across the University at large and the university management and department involved in the CBT examination should come together and provide solution to some of the associated constraints with CBT examination in LAUTECH as this would encourage its full adoption and its usage in the various departments and the entire University at large.
Keywords: Perception; Agricultural Training; Students; Computer Based Test.
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