Findings from regression analysis suggest that the pupils’ attitudes towards the subject
i.e. social studies and ICT do not have an effect on their post-test achievement scores.
However, their prior knowledge on the subject and the treatment i.e. teaching social studies
with ICT have a positive effect on their achievement. Those pupils in the experiment group
had higher achievement test scores than the pupils in control group did. This might be the
most important finding in this study. The implication of this finding on social studies (and on
similar subjects) might be important. What we know now from this particular study is that
there is a glimmer of hope that teachers can help their pupils achieve better with the help of
ICT. As with other innovations in education, the impact ICT on pupils’ achievement is not
very apparent. Nevertheless, there is an opportunity to improve pupils’ learning by adopting
new ways and materials with ICT.