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Article Title: Effect of Computer Animation on Chemistry Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Anambra State, Nigeria
by Ikwuka, O. I. and Samuel, N.N.C.

Abstract:
The study investigated the effect of computer animation on Chemistry academic achievement of secondary school students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. A quasi- experimental pre-test, post-test nonequivalent control group design was used for the study. The sample for the study comprised 100SS2students from two randomly selected co-educational secondary schools. One of the schools was assigned to the experimental condition, and the other assigned to control condition. The instrument known as Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT), validated by three experts with a reliability coefficient of 0.82 was used for data collection. The CAT was used as pretest and posttest for both experimental and control groups. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while ANCOVA was used to test the null hypotheses at P<0.05. The result revealed that computer animation Chemistry instruction CACI had significant effect on students� academic achievement in Chemistry; and that gender had significant effect on the academic achievement in Chemistry of male and female students who were taught CACI in favour of males. The finding implies that there is need for Chemistry teachers to use CACI in teaching Chemistry. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that computer animation instruction (CACI) should be adopted by Chemistry teachers for teaching chemical concepts to secondary school students. Also, other instructional materials like computers, storage devices, and projectors should be made available for the Chemistry teachers to prepare and teach their lessons. The use of animation in the teaching of chemical reactions as used in this study added real value to the teaching of chemistry, not only did it increase students� understanding of the concepts, it added to the teachers instructional strategies for teaching difficult and abstract concepts. Teachers adopting the use of computer animation in abstract chemistry concepts teaching will enhance the efficiency of teaching �learning of chemistry concepts and assimilation of information.

Keywords: computer animation, chemistry, academic achievement, chemistry instruction, gender

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