A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Visualization Learning Package and Conventional Method for Learning Botany

Abstract

The development of visualisation technology has opened new channels for putting educational and instructional concepts into practice. It effectively conveys knowledge and gives students the chance to organise and study exercises at their own pace. Visualization products combine text, images, sounds, educational, and amusing creations. It employs a variety of communication methods, including written text, recorded data, numeric data, drawings, photos, voice recordings, and videos. The present paper evaluates the comparative effectiveness of the visualization learning packages and conventional method for learning botany to XI class students. 50 Botany students of XI class of one Government school of Salem district were the subjects of the study. The data collection tools were the Visualization learning package and Botany Achievement Test. The Topic “Photosynthesis” was taught to the botany students of the control group through the conventional method of teaching and experimental group through a visualization learning package. The results of the t-test analysis of the pre-test and post-test mean achievement test scores revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the achievement level of botany students of the control group and the experimental group. The findings of the study suggest that the Visualization learning package could be considered a better alternative to the conventional method for teaching botany.