Effects of Multimedia on Students Performance in Geography Among Senior Secondary School Students in Guyuk Local Government Area, Adamawa State

Social Science

The study examines effects of Multimedia on students performance in Geography among senior secondary schools in Guyuk Local Government Area. The study employed pre-test-post-test control group and experimental group quasi experimental research design. The sample population comprises of SS 2 Geography students drawn from four public secondary schools in the study area. Data collected was analyzed using significance and percentage and mean were used to answer research question, while t-test was used to test all the hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significance. The result showed that geography students taught concept using animated-media strategy achieved higher academically with mean score of 39.45, than their lecture group counterpart with mean score of 24.29. The finding showed that students exposed to developed animated agricultural package performed significantly better than those exposed to the conventional lecture method. The study therefore recommends that the use of Animated-Media Strategy in teaching geography in school should be encouraged by stake holders in the education industries such as Federal Ministry of Education, State Ministries of Education; NERDC among others.

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