Using computer based animations in the teaching and learning of control and coordination to form two biology students in Zion College, Anloga

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to see how successful computer-based animation may be in teaching and learning of Coordination and Control concepts in Biology at Zion College in the Anloga District of the Volta Region of Ghana. In all, a total of 117 elective Biology students were sampled for this study, and they were split into two groups (experimental group and control group). The experimental group was taught coordination and control through a computer-based animation method, while the control group was taught same coordination and control through a traditional lecturebased method. Control and coordination Achievement Test (CCAT) with a reliability coefficient of 0.91 was used to measure students’ achievement and retention before and after treatments, while Students Attitude Questionnaire on Coordination and Control (SAQCC) was used to examine the students’ attitude toward the concepts of coordination and control. Data was analysed using various statistical tool including mean, standard deviation, paired sampled t-test, independent sampled t-test and Cohen d effect size at a significant level of 0.05. The study brought to light that the use of computer-based animation instructional method in the teaching and learning of coordination and control had a better impact on students’ knowledge and retention of the concepts and therefore has the higher potential of enhancing senior high school Biology students’ academic achievement and attitude toward control and coordination concepts with no gender bias.