EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TEACHING ON THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF FAST FOOD ON HEALTH AMONG ADOLESCENT CHILDREN
Abstract
In this pre experimental design, sample consisted of 60 adolescent children selected by non probability convenient sampling technique. self structure questionnaire tools was used for assessing the knowledge of adolescent children pre test was conducted by using the same structured questionnaire and after 15 days post test was conducted using the same structured questionnaire for assessing the effectiveness of computer assisted teaching regarding the effects of fast food on health mean percentage of the knowledge score of post test mean 21.32 was higher than mean pre test 12.91 the ‘t’ value for total pre test and post test was 24.61 the data was analyzed in terms of descriptive and inferential statisticsReferences
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