LECTURERS AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF INTELLIGENT

TUTORING SYSTEM FOR TEACHING IN KWARA STATE.

BY

AZEEZ, Sikiru

17/25PJ075

A PROJECT SIBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL

TECHNOLOGY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN,

ILORIN, NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR’S DEGREE B.SC(Ed) IN COMPUTER

SCIENCE

MARCH 2021.

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 DECLARATION

I declare that this Project, “Lecturers Awareness and Utilization of Intelligent Tutoring

System For Teaching In Kwara State.”, is my own work and has not previously been

submitted by me or any other person for any course or qualification at this or any other

tertiary institution. I also declare that, as far as I am aware, all cited works have been

acknowledged and referenced.

Name: AZEEZ, Sikiru

Matriculation No.: 17/25PJ075

Signature: ………………………………..

Date: ……………………………………….

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 CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that this research was carried out by AZEEZ, Sikiru (17/25PJ075). The

Project had been read and approved as meeting the partial requirements for the award of

B.Sc. (Ed.) in Computer Science, in the Department of Educational Technology, Faculty

of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.

Name Date

__________________ _____________________

Mr. Asiyanbola Caleb

Supervisor

__________________ ______________________

Prof. Oyeronke O. Ogunlade

Head of Department

___________________ _______________________

Prof. Felicia Olasehinde Williams

Dean, Faculty of Education

_____________________ _______________________

External Examiner

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 COPYRIGHT

LECTURERS AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF INTELLIGENT

TUTORING SYSTEM FOR TEACHING IN KWARA STATE.

By

AZEEZ, Sikiru

(17/25PJ075)

©2021

All Right Reserved

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 DEDICATION

This Project is dedicated to God almighty, who by his grace and infinite mercies has seen

me through this research work.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I give God all the praise and adorations for his guidance and infinite mercies upon

me throughout the period of my study and most especially at the time I was undertaking

this project work.

My undiluted appreciation goes to my ever able and capable supervisor Mr.

Asiyanbola Caleb whose guidance, encouragement, inevitable supplies of advice and

corrections have made this project an interesting and worthwhile task. I cannot but thank

my Head of Department Prof. Oyeronke O. Ogunlade for her motherly piece of advice

and encouragement.

My gratitude goes to all the lecturers in the Department of Educational

Technology, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin. Prof. M. O. Yusuf, Prof. S. A.

Onasanya, Prof. M. A. Fakomogbon, Dr. O. A. Obieloden, Dr. Aderonke K. Soetan, Dr.

N. Adedokun Shittu, Dr. A. E. Alimi, Mr. M. R. Abdulrahman, Mr. E. S. Ibironke for

their support in one way or the other towards the successful completion of my course of

studies and this project work. May the good Lord bless and strengthen you all.

My profound thanks and gratitude go to my loving and caring parent Mr. & Mrs.

Olowookere for their fatherly and motherly advise and for their support both financially,

morally, and materially. Thanks for making me who I am today, may Almighty Allah

uphold and strengthen you both financially and health wise, I also pray you live long to

eat the fruit of your labor and everything you lay your hands on shall yield positive result

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 My thanks also goes to my siblings Ridwan, Saheed, Mubarak, Bashirat, jamiu,

Shakirah, Fatimah and Wasiu for always been there for me through thick and thin, may

God reward you all abundantly.

I cannot but express my sincere gratitude to all my family friends and academic

colleagues, Phemzy, Samkoz, Stevo, James, Seyi, Opeyemi, Aisha, Folake, Matthew and

neighbours, for all the time you took out to ensure the success and completion of this

work, I say a big thank you to you all. To all those that time and space will fail me to

mention I want to say I love you all and may the good Lord bless you.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page ………………………………………………………………………………….i

Declaration …………………………………………………………………………….….ii

Certification …………………………………………………….………………………..iii

Copyright ………………………………………………………………………………...iv

Dedication ………………………………………………………..……………………….v

Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………………vi

Table of Contents ……………………………………………………………………….viii

List of Tables ……………………………………………………………………………xii

List of Figures ………………………………………………………………………….xiii

Abstract ………………………………………………………………….……………...xiv

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study…………………………………………………….……..…….1

Statement of the Problem.…………………………………………………………...…...12

Purpose of the Study…...…………………………………………………………………

13

Research Questions………………………………………………………………....……13

Research Hypothesis………………….……………………………...………….……….14

Scope of the Study…….……………………………………...……………. …...…….…14

Significance of the Study…………………………………………………………………

15

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Clarification of Major Terms and Variables………………………………….…..……...16

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Information and Communication and Technology (ICT) in

Education ………………………………………………………………..………………20

Concepts of Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS)

for Teaching ………………………………………………………….…………………28

Theoretical Framework on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) ……….………………..30

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) and Students

Academic Performance …………………………………………………….……………34

Appraisal of Reviewed Literature …………………………………………….…………36

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

Research Design………………………………………………………………………….34

Population, Sample and Sampling Technique(s)…………………………………………

34

Research Instrument(s)…………………………………………………..........................35

Validation of Research Instrument

……………………………………............................35

Procedure for Data Collection……………………………………………...

…………….36

Data Analysis Technique …………………………………………………..…….……...36

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULT

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Demographic Data of Respondents……………………………………..……………….37

Results…………………………………………………………………...……………….41

Summary of Findings……………….…………………………………..……………….48

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION

Discussions ………………………………………….…………………..………………50

Conclusions …………………………………………………………………...…………51

Recommendations……………………………………………………..………...……….52

REFERENCES………………………………………………..........……………...……54

APPENDIX

Appendix…………………………………………………………………...…………….57

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Classification of Respondents Based on Demographics…………………38

Table 2: Level of Awareness of Intelligent Tutoring System for

Teaching among University Lecturers……………………………………………………

42

Table 3: Level of Utilization of Intelligent Tutoring Systems for

Teaching among University Lecturers…………………………………………….……..43

Table 4: Attitude of University Lecturers towards the Use of Intelligent

Tutoring Systems for Teaching in Kwara State………………………………….………45

Table 5: T-test on the Difference in the level of awareness of Intelligent

Tutoring System for teaching Based on Gender……………………………………….…

46

Table 6: T-test on the Difference in the Level of Utilization of Intelligent

Tutoring System for Teaching based on Institution………………………………..…….47

Table 7: T-test on the Difference in the Attitude of University Lecturers

towards the Utilization of Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Teaching Based on

Gender…………………………………………………………………………………....48

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Pie Chart on Classification of Respondents Based on Gender……… 39

Figure 2: Classification of Respondents Based on Highest Level of Academic

Level…………………………………………………………………………………..40

Figure 3: Bar Chart on the Classification of Respondents Based on Age………..40

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 ABSTRACT

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the lecturers’ awareness and utilization

of Intelligent Tutoring System for Teaching in Kwara State. The study was specifically

to: i) examine the level of awareness of intelligent tutoring systems for teaching among

university lecturers in Kwara State. ii) determine the level of utilization of intelligent

tutoring systems for teaching among university lecturers in Kwara State. iii) investigate

the attitude of university lecturers toward the use of intelligent tutoring systems for

teaching in Kwara State

The method adopted to accomplish the objective of the study involved the use of a

researchers designed questionnaire. The population consists of lecturers from the

University of Ilorin and Al-Hikmah University. A simple random sampling technique

was used to select a sample of 15 lecturers from each school.

The findings were summarized as follows:

the university lecturers are very aware of Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) for teaching

and there is significant difference in the level of awareness of male and female university

lecturers on ITS for learning with male lecturers being more aware than female lecturers.

the university lecturers make use of Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) for teaching and

there is no significant difference in the level of utilization of ITS for learning between Al-

Hikmah University and University of Ilorin Lecturers.

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University lecturers show positive attitude towards the use of Intelligent Tutoring System

(ITS) for teaching and there is no difference in the attitude of university lecturers towards

the utilization of ITS for teaching based on Gender.

This study concludes that sampled lecturers of the higher institutions of learning showed

a positive attitude towards the use of the system, they make well use of the system for

teaching and this consequently mean, deductively, that they are aware of the Intelligent

tutoring system. Although, the awareness varied based on gender, but all other variables

did not vary based on the awareness of the lecturers.

However, it was recommended that educational governing bodies should make

regulations on being trained to use the Intelligent Tutoring System to increase its

awareness among University lecturers, school authorities should put in place and

incorporate Intelligent Tutoring Systems in courses that can be taught with the system.

This would increase the level of utilization of the system for teaching and incentives and

motivation for the use of the Intelligent Tutoring System should be made available to

lecturers to maintain a positive attitude to the use of the system for teaching.

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