IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

WORLD JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY (WJIMT )

E-ISSN 2504-4766
P-ISSN 2682-5910
VOL. 9 NO. 3 2025
DOI: 10.56201/wjimt.v9.no3.2025.pg72.83

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A Study of Technology and Its Influence on Intellectual and Physical Development of Primary School Children in Anambra State, Nigeria

Prof Ngozi E Anyikwa, Okwumuo, Victoria Nkiru

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Abstract

It was a study of technology and its influence on intellectual and physical development of primary school children in Anambra State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study answered two research questions while two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The sample size was 1,213 respondents. The population of the study comprised 4,043 respondents in the 327 public primary schools in Anambra State. This is composed of 327 head teachers; 2,115 teachers and 1,601 parents. The sample comprised of 98 head teachers, 635 teachers and 480 parents of school children from 98 public primary schools in the six Education Zones in Anambra State. A researcher developed questionnaire titled ‘Technology, Physical and Intellectual Development of Children Questionnaire (TPIC_Q)’ was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three lecturers, one from Measurement and Evaluation Unit of Department of Educational Foundations, and two from Early Childhood and Primary Education Department. Cronbach alpha was applied in determining the internal consistency of the instrument with reliability coefficients of the two clusters being; 0.89 and 0.76, respectively, and overall coefficient of 0.83. The researcher with the help of five research assistants collected data for the study. The Mean was deployed in answering the research questions while analysis of variance (ANOVA) was deployed in testing the null hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed that technology has both positive and negative influence on the intellectual and physical development of public primary school children in the state. It further found that the perception of school heads, teachers and parents did not differ significantly on the extent of influence of technology on the intellectual and physical development of public primary school children in Anambra State. The study concluded that the influence is understood to be

keywords:

Intellectual development, Physical development, Technology, Primary school

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