Assessment, Development and Validation of Programmed-Instructional-Package for Teaching Basic-Technology among upper Basic School Students in Gusau Metropolis, Zamfara State

This study employed a developmental research type design. The development involved the 5 stages of a model; these are Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation (ADDIE) model. Purposive sampling technique was used to select five Basic Technology teachers from two Upper Basic Schools in Gusau with a minimum of eight years of teaching experience and computer literacy and 45 Upper Basic 9 Basic Technology students. The data collected was analysed using mean and standard deviation. The findings of this study revealed that the Educational Technology experts agreed that the package was is user-friendly and suitable for learning as a result the average mean responses of 3.64 by them. Also, the findings of this study further revealed that almost all the teachers of Basic Technology were willing to teach through the use of the Programmed Instructional Package (PIP) because of its effectiveness with the average mean of responses of 3.82 which indicated that Basic Technology teachers agreed that the PIP was very effective for teaching and learning Basic Technology. This study concluded that the use of the package by the students is more preferable to teachers This study recommended among others that the students should explore the opportunities offered by PIP for revision as well as for individualized learning; teachers should develop and utilize PIP for teaching Basic Technology concepts so as to increase teachers’ knowledge on new innovations in ICT-Based instructional strategies