Interactive Multimedia Module with Pedagogical Agent in Electrochemistry

Osman, Kamisah; Lee, Tien Tien

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“…Animation and simulation using ICT can help students visualize and improve their understanding of chemistry (Doymus et al, 2010). In computer animation or simulation, the chemical processes in electrolysis can be visualized, such as the change of colour and the mass of electrodes (Osman & Lee, 2012).…”

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The Effect of Interactive Computer Animation and Simulation on Students’ Achievement and Motivation in Learning Electrochemistry

Ahmad

Yakob

Bunyamin

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JPII

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Electrochemistry is difficult to learn due to its abstract concepts involving macroscopic, microscopic, and symbolic representation levels. Studies have shown that students can visualize and improve their understanding of chemistry by using interactive computer animation and simulation. This study reports the effect of interactive computer animation and simulation module named “Interactive Electrolysis of Aqueous Solution” (IEAS) developed to aid students in learning electrolysis. A pre and post-test control quasi-experimental design was carried out to investigate the effects of the IEAS on students’ achievement and motivation in electrochemistry topics. This study involved 62 16-years-old male students from two different secondary schools. Pre and post electrochemistry achievement tests (EAT) and pre and post- Instructional Material Motivation Surveys (IMMS) were used. For EAT, using one-way ANOVA, it shows that there was a significant difference in the post-test mean score in this study on the understanding of the electrolysis concept between students in the treatment and control groups [F (1, 60) = 5.15, p <0.05]. The qualitative results also provided evidence that the students in the treatment group had a better conceptual understanding than the control group, especially at the microscopic representation level. For the IMMS test, there was a significant difference between the treatment and control groups in terms of the mean score of the post motivation IMMS test where p <0.05 in chemistry learning [F (1,59) = 266.89, p <0.05]. Thus, it can be concluded that IEAS has an impact on enhancing the students’ understanding of the electrolysis concept, and the students are more motivated to learn electrochemistry.

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The Effect of Interactive Computer Animation and Simulation on Students’ Achievement and Motivation in Learning Electrochemistry

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Yakob

Bunyamin

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Interactive Multimedia Module with Pedagogical Agents: Formative Evaluation

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Electrochemistry is found to be a difficult topic to learn due to its abstract concepts that involve three representation levels. Research showed that animation and simulation using Information and Communication Technology can help students to visualize and thus enhance students' understanding in learning abstract chemistry topics. As a result, an interactive multimedia module with a pedagogical agent (IMMPA) named EC Lab was developed to assist students in the learning of Electrochemistry. There were 35 students and seven experts involved in this formative evaluation to test the usability and effectiveness of the module developed. Instruments involved were module evaluation questionnaire, module reliability questionnaire, module validity questionnaire, pretest, post-test and motivation questionnaire. Results showed that the students and experts rated the module developed as high (M = 3.94) and very high quality (M = 4.45). Besides, the respondents also see the module as reliable (M = 3.87) and valid (M = 4.51). Students have higher scores on their post-test and have gained higher motivation level after learning with the IMMPA EC Lab. However, some corrections and modifications have been made based on feedback and suggestions from the respondents to improve the quality of IMMPA EC Lab.Keywords: interactive multimedia module, pedagogical agent, electrochemistry, formative evaluation Introducation Learning of Electrochemistry in MalaysiaElectrochemistry is the sixth chapter in the Malaysian Chemistry syllabus for secondary schools. This topic is taught to upper secondary level students in the science stream. Electrochemistry is a study of inter-conversion of chemical energy and electrical energy that occurs in electrolytic and voltaic cells. Previous studies (Bojczuk, 1982;Lee & Kamisah, 2010;Lin, Yang, Chiu & Chou, 2002;Roziah, 2005) showed that the topic is difficult to learn because the concepts are abstract. Students often encounter misconceptions in the learning of this topic (Garnett & Hackling 1993;Garnett & Treagust 1992;Garnett, Garnett & Hackling, 1995;Karsli & Çalik, 2012;Lee & Mohammad Yusof 2009;Lee 2008;Lin et al. 2002;Sanger & Greenbowe 1997a;Sanger & Greenbowe 1997b).Macroscopically, students need to study the concepts of electrolytes and non-electrolytes, the electrolysis process and voltaic cells. Microscopically, they need to understand the movement of ions and electrons during the electrolysis process. Besides that, they need to transform the process into chemical formulae and equations symbolically. Students face difficulties in understanding the abstract chemical processes especially at the microscopic and symbolic levels (Garnett & Hackling 1993;Garnett & Treagust 1992;Garnett et al., 1995;Karsli & Çalik, 2012;Lee & Mohammad Yusof 2009;Lee 2008;Lin et al. 2002;Sanger & Greenbowe 1997a;Sanger & Greenbowe 1997b).Studies (Doymus, Karacop & Simsek, 2010;Gois & Giordan, 2009;Lerman & Morton, 2009) showed that animation and simulation using information and communication technology (ICT) ca...

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Interactive Multimedia Module with Pedagogical Agent in Electrochemistry

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The Effect of Interactive Computer Animation and Simulation on Students’ Achievement and Motivation in Learning Electrochemistry

The Effect of Interactive Computer Animation and Simulation on Students’ Achievement and Motivation in Learning Electrochemistry

Interactive Multimedia Module with Pedagogical Agents: Formative Evaluation

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