Effect of Multimedia Instruction on Students’ Motivation in the Respiratory System Concept in Biology: Evidence from Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Multimedia Instruction, Motivation, Respiratory System, and Biology StudentsAbstract
This study investigated the effect of multimedia instruction on motivation in the respiratory system concept among SS II Biology students in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Two objectives, research questions, and hypotheses guided the study. A quasi-experimental research design involving a non-randomised pretest-posttest control group was adopted. The population comprised 3,709 SS II Biology students in public co-educational secondary schools in the study area, from which a sample of 138 students was selected using the intact class and assigned to experimental and control groups. The treatment lasted six weeks, during which the experimental group was taught using multimedia instruction, while the control group was taught using the conventional method. Data were collected using the Multimedia Motivation Questionnaire in Respiratory System (MMQRS), a 30-item four-point Likert scale instrument validated by experts Educational Psychology and Curriculum, with a reliability coefficient of 0.73. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and Independent Samples t-test were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed no significant difference in the motivation scores between students taught using multimedia instruction and those taught using the conventional method. However, a significant difference was found between male and female students exposed to multimedia instruction, with female students recording higher motivation scores. The study concluded that multimedia instruction did not significantly improve students’ motivation, although gender influenced motivational responses. It was recommended that Biology teachers adopt gender-responsive multimedia strategies to enhance students’ motivation.
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