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The study was carried out to compare Computer Assisted Instruction and Traditional Methods ofTeaching Keyboarding among Polytechnic Students in South West Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria.In order to achieve this, one specific objectives were raised In line with the specific objectives,four research questions and hypotheses were formulated for the study. Experimental designspecifically pretest posttest control group design was adopted for the study. The population for thestudy comprised of nine hundred and eighty students (980) from ten Polytechnics. Out of these,six Polytechnics used for the study were purposively selected from ten Polytechnics in South WestGeo-Political zone, Nigeria. Thirty (30) students from each of the six (6) Polytechnics made up ofthe sample size of one hundred and eighty students (180) who were selected for the study throughrandom sampling. The instrument used for data collection was Keyboarding Speed and AccuracyTest (KSAT), which was duly validated with split half reliability coefficient of 0.81. The datacollected were statistically analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research question.The null hypothesis was tested using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at 0.05 level ofsignificance. The findings include among others that, the computer assisted instruction group werebetter in keyboarding speed and accuracy than the traditional method group because of the Thestudy was carried out to compare Computer Assisted Instruction and Traditional Methods ofTeaching Keyboarding among Polytechnic Students in South West Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria.In order to achieve this, one specific objectives were raised In line with the specific objectives,four research questions and hypotheses were formulated for the study. Experimental designspecifically pretest posttest control group design was adopted for the study. The population for thestudy comprised of nine hundred and eighty students (980) from ten Polytechnics. Out of these,six Polytechnics used for the study were purposively selected from ten Polytechnics in South WestGeo-Political zone, Nigeria. Thirty (30) students from each of the six (6) Polytechnics made up ofthe sample size of one hundred and eighty students (180) who were selected for the study throughrandom sampling. The instrument used for data collection was Keyboarding Speed and AccuracyTest (KSAT), which was duly validated with split half reliability coefficient of 0.81. The data