Vol. 14, No. 1, June 2022

The research looked into the impact of e-learning in social studies students’ motivation, retention and academic achievement in upper Basic schools in kwara state, Nigeria. The study was guided with four (4) research questions. A quasi-experimental design was used in this investigation. All upper basic school student in public schools totally 105,810 student was the target population. A total of 480 participants were chosen as sample size. The social studies performance test (SOSPET) was the instrument used in the resaerch. The instrument was validated b experts in statistics and language for content face and construct validity. A coeficient value of 0.79 was obtained for the social studies performance test using cronbach method. Discripive statistics for mean and standard deviation were used to answer the question in this survey. The findings revealed that while using e-electronics, e-learners outperformed traditional learners. The findings of the study indicated that gender and school location hace imapct on students academic achievement. There was no difference in mean motivation scores between students who learned social studies through e-learning and those who learned thorugh traditional methods, according to the research. Furhermore, the study discovered that students in Upper Basic Social Studies that were taught via e-learning had different mean retention rating than students that were taughts using traditional method. This means that employing e-learning technology help students to have a greater divesity of learning experiences while also presenting more information and enhancing retention. The Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) should change the curriculum at all level of Social Studies to fit the dynamic nature of e-learning technologies in all level of Upper School Social Studies classes. This will promote a student self discovery learning. Basic training on how to apply e-learning approaches should be provided to social studies teachers by Kwara State Government and Non – Governmental Organisation. This will benefit students’ academic performance regardless of gender or location of Upper Basic School in the state.

Keywords: Impact, e-learning, motivation, retention, performance