Benue State University, Makurdi

EFFECT OF MULTIMEDIA TEACHING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BIOLOGY, BENUE STATE

Micheal-Aondoaseer, Olawumi Bolupe, Adejoh, Musa James, Okwara, Kalu Okwara and Uduaka, Anieze^*

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of multimedia teaching strategies on secondary school 2 students’ achievement in Biology in Benue State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. The study adopted quasi experimental research design of non randomized pretest posttest control group type. The population of the study was 1,070 while a sample of 168 SS2 Biology students were drawn from four secondary schools using multistage sampling technique made up of 86 males and 82 females. The research instruments were: Multimedia Instructional Package (MIP) and Biology Achievement Test (BAT).The instrument was trial-tested on 20 students. Kuder - Richardson 21 formula was used to determine the reliability coefficient of BAT which was 0.67. The research questions were answered using mean while hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using ANCOVA. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant difference between the mean achievement scores of students taught Biology using MTS and students taught with the conventional method. There was no significant difference between the mean achievement scores of male and female students taught Biology using MTS. The study recommends that since multimedia instructional strategy has been found to enhance students’ achievement in Biology, Biology teachers should be encouraged to adopt the instructional strategy for teaching topics in Biology. It was also recommended that Ministries of Education should incorporate the method in Biology curriculum.

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