The Effects of the Presentation Method of Multimedia Teaching Approach on the Learning Efficacy of Lower Grade Elementary School Students

• Main Author: 李金鈴
• Other Authors: 張美玉
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67104606986115030692

碩士 === 國立新竹教育大學 === 人資處課程與教學碩士班 === 97 === The Effects of the Presentation Method of Multimedia Teaching Approach on the Learning Efficacy of Lower Grade Elementary School Students -With an example of animal and plants learning Abstract This study aims to discuss the effects of the presentation method of multimedia teaching approach on the learning efficacy and learning retention of lower grade elementary school students, in order to learn about the effects of gender and learning styles on the learning efficacy of lower grade elementary school students under multimedia teaching, and students’ opinions on various multimedia teaching approaches. This study was based on quasi-experiment design, and learning contents of animal and plants learning webpages. The subjects were 192 students from 6 second grade classes; 3 classes from Guoguo Elementary School and 3 from Guanguan Elementary School of Taoyuan County. Three different types of webpages, which are “text only”, “text, images, and films”, and “text, images, and films with sound”, were applied to each of the 3 classes in the 2 schools. Before the teaching experiment, all 6 classes received pre-test of “Animal and plants achievement test” and filled out the “Learning style scale”. The experiment covered a total of 8 classes, and all 6 classes were taught by the researcher. At the end of the teaching experiment, the 6 classes received the post-test of “Animal and plants achievement test”, and filled out the “Multimedia teaching questionnaire”. Four students from each class were randomly selected for semi-structural interview. The results were used as supplementary data for this study, in order to learn about the students’ opinions on the various presentation methods of the multimedia teaching approaches. Two months after the experiment, postponed-test of “Animal and plants achievement test” was conducted to learn about the students’ learning retention. The main findings are as below: 1) The presentation method of multimedia teaching has significant effect on lower grade elementary school students’ learning in animal and plants. 2) The presentation method of multimedia teaching has significant effect on lower grade elementary school students’ learning retention in animal and plants. 3) The reciprocal effects of the presentation method of multimedia teaching and students’ gender have not reached a significant level. 4) The reciprocal effects of the presentation method of multimedia teaching and students’ learning styles have not reached a significant level. 5) Most students expressed positive comments and opinions on the multimedia teaching. Keywords: multimedia teaching, learning efficacy, animal and plants learning