GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study investigated the effect of computer animation instructional strategy on students’ academic achievement in chemistry in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design in a non-randomized pretest, posttest setting. The study sample comprised of 195 SS2 Chemistry students in public coeducational secondary schools in the study area selected using multi-stage sampling technique. Instrument for gathering data for the study was Achievement Test on Chemistry Quantitative Analysis (ATCQA) with a reliability index of .78. The data obtained were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The result showed that students taught using computer animation instructional strategy achieved significantly better than the students taught using the conventional expository teaching strategy. Gender and school location had no significant influence on students’ achievement in chemistry. Consequently, it was recommended among others, that science teachers, especially chemistry teachers should be trained on the use of computer animation instructional strategy in teaching abstract concepts in science.