Abstract
This study investigated the comparative effectiveness of teaching through the use of interactive multimedia and conventional teaching method in biology on senior high school students concerning students' achievement. The pretest-posttest non-equivalent quasi-experimental design was used for this study. One hundred and ten (110) form three (Form 3) General Science students who had Biology as an Elective subject were selected for the study. They were grouped and labeled control and experimental groups. Students in the experimental group were taught through the use of interactive multimedia whereas the control group was taught through the traditional teaching approach. The study found that both methods were quite effective for teaching Photosynthesis in Biology. However, out of the two methods, the multimedia approach was found more suitable for teaching abstract topics. The study also reported no statistically significant differences in the students' academic performance by gender. These findings suggest that the academic achievements of students in Biology can be improved with multimedia instruction. The study recommends that the computer should be used to complement the teachers' teaching but should not take over the teaching process. A similar study could be carried out in a similar environment but should include more than one topic as this study used only one topic.
Highlights
All over the world science is regarded as the bedrock of modern-day technology
Based on the findings recorded in this study, it is concluded that the use of interactive multimedia in the teaching of Photosynthesis significantly improves students' achievements compared to the use of conventional instructional methods
The results showed that students exposed to the multimedia performed better than those taught through the conventional method, some gains were made by those who used conventional instruction
Summary
Nations all over the world, especially the developing countries like Ghana are making frantic efforts to technologically and scientifically develop their economies. This stems from the fact that the world is progressively becoming "scientific" (Quarcoo-Nelson, Buabeng & Osafo, 2012). Shreds of evidence from the history of education indicates that science has been at the top among all school subjects because of the essential position it occupies in human development, training, and the environment. According to Bibby, as cited in Yeboah, (2014), in our modern world controlled by science and technology, there is the need for enough Biology education for every child to ensure their total development for the future. In general, receive a lot of recognition among the courses in the basic and the senior high school levels that suggest accurately the key role played by the subject in modern society. Gambari, Yaki, Gana, and Ughovwa (2014) contend that the importance of the biology is not confined to the development of only people and for the improvement of the social, economic and political goals of countries all over the world. Umar (2011) explains that Biology is a natural science that is concerned with how the world is arranged, how it functions and what these functions are, how it evolves, “how living things came into being and how they interact with one another and with their environment" (p.25)
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