Impact of Multimedia Teaching Method on Performance and Motivation in Physics among Secondary School Students in Kano State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of multimedia teaching method on performance in physics among secondary school students in Municipal Zonal Education Directorate, Kano State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the conduct of the study. A Pretest, Posttest, Quasi-experimental Research Design was used. The population of the study consisted of 1365 SSII students of public secondary schools in Kano Municipal. The sample consisted of 240 students selected using simple random sampling technique. A validated instrument, the Physics Performance Test (PPT) with a reliability coefficient of 0.78 was used for data collection. The experimental group was taught physics concepts using multimedia teaching method (MTM) while the control group was taught the same physics concepts using lecture method (LM). Mean and standard deviation was used to analyse the data. Findings revealed that (i) there was a significant difference in academic performance between students exposed to multimedia teaching method and those taught with lecture method. It was thus concluded that multimedia teaching method improves performance of secondary school physics students, and it was recommended that multimedia teaching method be employed to teach physics to secondary school students.