The Effectiveness of Infographics in Teaching Chemical Bonding Among Grade 9 Students
Keywords:
Inforgraphics, Chemical Bonding, EffectivenessAbstract
For the last two decades researchers found out that students usually lack a deep conceptual understanding of the key ideas related to chemical bonding and, most of the time fail to apply their mental models into a logical conceptual framework (Taber, 2001).
To address this problem, the researcher tested the effectiveness of two types of infographics, namely animated and static, in teaching chemical bonding among Grade 9 students. Mixed-method particularly sequential exploratory research design was used in
this study. The output of this study is a new, innovative and creative teaching aid using infographics. Based on the latest K-12 Curriculum Guide, the topic on chemical bonding was the input variables. The instrument underwent through expert validation. The
researcher employed test-retest to validate the content of the instrument with one-week interval. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation was 0.849 this meant that the instrument was reliable for a group research. This instrument was used in Grade 9
students divided into two experimental groups, student-respondents exposed to animated and to static infographics, which had 20 participants each in a Pre-test and Post-test basis. The researcher used Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT) Test in determining the respondents of this study. The result of the analysis in the post-test mean scores between the two groups of student-respondents, separately exposed to the two forms of infographics was calculated at 0.05 having a p-value of 0.001. This means that animated and static infographics have different effect on the performance of the student-respondents in chemical bonding. The student-respondents exposed to animated infographics obtained higher post-test mean score compared to those who were exposedto static infographics. Therefore, it can be concluded that the two forms of infographics can improve the performance of the students in complex and abstract topics like chemical bonding. However, according to the result, animated infographics is more effective
compared to static infographics because it offered a more attractive and interactive visual presentation to learners.
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