Utilization of Interactive Board in the Teaching and Learning of Depreciation Accounts in Senior Secondary Schools

The study is on the utilization of interactive board for the teaching and learning of depreciation accounts in Senior Secondary Schools. The study was carried out in some selected secondary schools in educational district V of Lagos state. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the interactive board in the teaching and learning of depreciation account. The study also looked at the constraints in the utilization of the interactive board for teaching depreciation account. Two hypotheses and two research questions were raised for the study. 138 respondents (75 experimental and 63 control) participated in the study. They were assigned to experimental and control groups, respectively. One instrument was used in this study: the Achievement Test on Depreciation (ATD), the reliability of the instrument was tested through a test retest method and reliability index of 0.87 was obtained. The Depreciation Account Lesson (DAL) was presented to the experimental group through the interactive Board, while the conventional lecture method was used for the presentation of the depreciation account lesson to the control group. The results obtained showed that learners exposed to the utilization of the interactive board for learning depreciation account performed significantly better than the control group [F(1, 135) = 251.02 p < .05]. The results also showed that the interactive board is an effective tool for learning depreciation accounting. The study concluded that the interactive board helped to develop cognitive dimensions, reinforcing learning and also encouraging organization of activities. It was therefore recommended that teachers should be trained and equally encouraged to acquire ICT skills. Teachers should also utilize modern instructional materials for classroom teaching and it should be innovative.