The Effectiveness of Multimedia Instructional Learning Packages in Enhancing Secondary School Students’ Attitudes toward Biology

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46328/ijonse.19

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Multimedia instructional learning packages, Attitude, Biology, Students, Secondary schools

Abstract

The study investigated the effectiveness of multimedia learning packages in improving the attitudes of students toward learning Biology in secondary schools. The study employed a quantitative and qualitative research approach. The population for the study consisted of all students offering Biology as a subject in the senior secondary schools in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Nigeria, from where a sample of 80 students was randomly selected from three secondary schools and assigned to three groups (one control and two experimental groups). Two multimedia instructional learning packages (MILP) were designed for the study. The topic treated was Cell Division, and the study lasted for six weeks. The packages and all instruments used were validated for content and construct validity, and reliability test was also done. The results showed that multimedia instructional packages used in teaching and learning Biology in secondary schools enhanced better students’ engagements and positive attitudes toward learning. It was concluded that students developed positive attitudes toward learning Biology after using the packages and that multimedia instructional packages are an interesting and creative method of teaching, learning, and enhancing positive attitudes towards learning among secondary school students.   

Author Biographies

Bukola Omowumi Akinbadewa, Obafemi Awolowo University

Bukola Akinbadewa is a Graduate Student and researcher at the Department of Educational Technology and Library Studies,  Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Olaniyi Alaba Sofowora, Obafemi Awolowo University

Olaniyi Alaba Sofowora is a Professor of Edutational Technology at the Department of Educational Technology and Library Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

References

Akinbadewa, B. O., & Sofowora, O. A. (2020). The effectiveness of multimedia instructional learning packages in enhancing secondary school students’ attitudes toward Biology. International Journal on Studies in Education (IJonSE), 2(2), 119-133.

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2020-08-23

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