Effect of Computer Animation Instructional Package on Students Performance in Environmental Concepts in Biology among secondary school students in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of computer animation instructional package on students’ academic performance in environmental concepts in Biology. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The quasi experimental pre-test- post-test control group design was adopted for the study The population of the study comprised of all the senior secondary schools students offering BiologyinObio/AkporLocalGovernmentAreaofRiversState. 180studentsintwointactclassesselected by purposive sampling from two schools in the local government area were used for the study. The research instrument used for the study was A thirty (30) multiple choice test items titled; Environmental concepts performance Test (ECPT). The instrument was validity and the reliability of the instruments was determined using, the Kuder-Richardson formula 20. A reliability coefficient of 0.70 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while z-test was used to test the hypotheses. Results from the study revealed that the mean scores of students taught environmental concepts in biology with computer animation was higher than the mean scores of students taught with lecture Similarly, gender was not a significant factor. It was recommended, among others, that computer animation should be adopted in the teaching of environmental concepts in biology in senior secondary schools to improve students’ academic in Biology.