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                                                        ABSTRACT

This study was on effect of Google slides on academic performance in Civic Education of students in secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area. Three research questions were raised and three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted Quasi-experimental design using the pretest post-test non randomized control group design. The population consisted of 9,668 SS II students offering Civic education during 2023/2024 academic session in the 15 public secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area. A sample size of 200 respondents from SS II students offering Civic education were selected from four intact classes in two schools using purposive sampling technique. The experimental groups were taught using Google slides while the control groups were taught using Expository method. A researcher-made instrument called ‘Civic Education Performance Test (CEPT)’ was used to pretest and posttest the students. The instrument was face and content validated by three validators in Faculty of Education, University of Uyo and reliability coefficient of 0.91 was obtained using test re-test method. Data from the respondents were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation to answer all the research questions and Analysis of Covariance was used to test all the hypotheses at .05 significant level. Findings of the study revealed a significant difference in the performance of students taught with Google slides and those taught with Expository method, a significant difference exist in the performance of male and female students taught with Google slides and a significant difference also exist in the performance of urban and rural students taught with Google slides. Based on these findings it was concluded that Google slides is more effective than the Expository method of teaching Civic Education. The study recommends that subject teachers should endeavour to use Google slides because of the numerous benefits it offers towards learning to improve performance.

KEYWORD: Google slides, Civic Education, Secondary school students