Influence of Multimedia on Students' Interests and Achievement in teaching the Concept of Lines of Symmetry in Geometry

Authors

  • Isaac B. Ado University of Uyo
  • Gideon G. Essien University of Uyo
  • Gabriel C. Job National Open University of Nigeria

Keywords:

Multimedia, Gender, Interest, Achievement, Geometry

Abstract

The technological development in the world today has also been applied in the field of education so as to make the process of teaching and learning easy and understandable to students. One of this technological development is the multimedia which is intended to be used in this study to boost the achievement of students in line of symmetry. The objectives of study were to find the difference between the mean achievement and interest scores of students taught line of symmetry using multimedia and those taught using paper folding and the gender difference in achievement. The research design used for the study was the pretest posttest groups design. The population comprised Junior Secondary Two (JSII) students in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.  The size of the population was 2216 JSII mathematics students for the 2017/2018 academic session. The sample constituted 92 JSII students in their intact classes from two schools selected using simple random sampling technique. The instruments used for the study were mathematics achievement test and interest questionnaire. A test- retest method was used to determine the reliability of the instruments, while their validity was ascertained by experts. Data collected were analysed using mean, standard deviation and analysis of covariance at 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated that students taught using multimedia performed significantly better than those taught using paper folding.  The interest of those taught using multimedia was significantly better than those taught using paper folding. Findings of the study also indicated that gender had no influence on students' achievement when taught using multimedia.  It was concluded that multimedia significantly enhanced students’ achievement and interest.

Résumé : Le développement technologique dans le monde d’aujourd’hui a également été appliqué dans le domaine de l’éducation afin de rendre le processus d’enseignement - apprentissage facile et compréhensible pour les élèves. L’un de ces progrès technologiques est le multimédia qui a été utilisé dans cette étude pour améliorer les résultats des apprenants en ligne de symétrie. Les objectifs de l’étude étaient de trouver la différence entre les scores moyens de réussite et d’intérêt des élèves apprenant l’alignement symétrique à l’aide du multimédia et ceux enseignés avec le pliage du papier et la différence de réussite entre les sexes. La méthode de recherche utilisée pour l'étude a été celle des groupes de post-test pré-test. La population était composée d'élèves du premier cycle du secondaire (JSII) de la zone d'administration locale de Yenagoa, dans l'État de Bayelsa. La population était de 2216 apprenants en mathématiques de JSII pour l’année académique 2017/2018. L'échantillon comprenait 92 élèves de JSII dans l’ensemble des classes de deux écoles sélectionnées à l'aide d'une technique d'échantillonnage aléatoire simple. Les instruments utilisés pour cette étude étaient le test de rendement en mathématiques et le questionnaire d’intérêt. Une méthode test-test a été utilisée pour déterminer la fiabilité des instruments, tandis que leur validité était vérifiée par des experts. Les données recueillies ont été analysées en utilisant la moyenne, l'écart type et l'analyse de la covariance à un niveau de signification de 0,05. Les résultats ont montré que les élèves apprenant à utiliser le multimédia réussissaient nettement mieux que ceux apprenant à plier le papier. L'intérêt des apprenants utilisant le multimédia était significativement meilleur que ceux apprenant à l’aide du pliage de papier. Les résultats de l'étude ont également indiqué que le sexe n'influençait pas les résultats des étudiants apprenant à utiliser le multimédia. Il a été conclu que le multimédia améliorait considérablement les résultats et l’intérêt des élèves.

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Published

2020-11-08

How to Cite

Ado, I. B., Essien, G. G., & Job, G. C. (2020). Influence of Multimedia on Students’ Interests and Achievement in teaching the Concept of Lines of Symmetry in Geometry. West African Journal of Open and Flexible Learning, 6(2), 125–146. Retrieved from https://wajofel.org/index.php/wajofel/article/view/17

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