Effect of Animation Teaching Strategy on Secondary School Students’ Achievement, Retention and Interest in Climate Change in Lokoja, Kogi State

The study examined the effect of animation teaching strategy on secondary school students’ achievement, retention and interest in climate change in Lokoja, Kogi State. Three objectives and three research questions were raised and answered, and three null hypotheses were tested. A non randomized pre test post test quasi experimental design was adopted for the study. The population covered all public Senior Secondary School, year three SSS 3 science students in Lokoja, Kogi State. Two intact classes which are made up of one hundred and thirty 130 students were sampled. The instruments for data collection are Environmental Education Concept Achievement Test EECAT , Environmental Education Concept Retention Test EECRT and Environmental Education Concept Interest Scale EECAS respectively. Statistical tools used include percentages, mean x¯ and standard deviations to answer the research questions while Analysis of Covariance ANCOVA was used to analyze the research hypotheses at a significance level 0.05 5 . Findings of the study revealed that animation teaching was viable in upgrading students achievement, retention and interest in climate change. The paper recommended among others that teachers should teach Environmental Education infused concepts with animations. Aiyedun, Tope Gloria "Effect of Animation Teaching Strategy on Secondary School Students' Achievement, Retention and Interest in Climate Change in Lokoja, Kogi State" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-3 , April 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30740.pdf