INFLUENCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON ADOLESCENTS’ BEHAVIOUR AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS DUTSIN-MA, KATSINA STATE

Abstract

This study examined the influence of Artificial Intelligence on Adolescents’ Behaviour and Academic Performance 
in Secondary Schools Dutsin-ma, Katsina State. This study adopted descriptive survey. The population of the study 
comprised of 2,776 SS II in all the 9 public senior secondary schools in Dutsin-Ma Local Government, Katsina 
State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 5 public senior secondary schools and purposive 
random sampling technique was used to select 56 SS II who are between 13 to 22 years of age (adolescents) in 
each of the 5 public senior secondary schools making 280 respondents for this study. Three researcher designed 
instruments were used for the data collection. Artificial Intelligence Scale (AIS), Adolescents’ Behaviour Scale 
(ABS) and 25 multiple choice questions on English language based SS II Curriculum were subjected to test retest method and Pearson Moment Correlation Statistics was used to determine the reliability coefficients 0.60, 
0.65 and 0. 62. The research questions one and two were answered using mean and standard deviation Also, the 
research hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) Statistic. The finding 
revealed that artificial intelligence has no influence on Adolescents’ Behaviour, the artificial intelligence has no 
influence adolescents’ Academic Performance, there was no significant relationship between Artificial 
Intelligence and Adolescents’ Behaviour and there was no significant relationship between artificial intelligence 
and adolescents’ Academic Performance. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made, such 
as, there should be adequate provision of artificial intelligence applications to public secondary schools by the 
state ministry of education, The ministry of education and school authority should ensure to make proper 
awareness to the public secondary school students on the usage and importance of artificial intelligence for both 
teaching and learning