An Assessment of the Impact of an Animation on Biology Students' Visualization Skills Related to Basic Concepts of Mitosis

Autor/inn/en	Mnguni, Lindelani; Moyo, Dudrah
Titel	An Assessment of the Impact of an Animation on Biology Students' Visualization Skills Related to Basic Concepts of Mitosis
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17 (2021) 8, (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Animation; Biology; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Visualization; Scientific Concepts; Comparative Analysis; Learning Problems; Grade 10; High School Students; Science Tests; Course Content; Visual Literacy; Foreign Countries; South Africa (Johannesburg) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Visualisation; Visualisierung; Lernproblem; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Kursprogramm; Literacy; Visualization; Schreib- und Lesekompetenz; Ausland
Abstract	Using external representations (ERs) to foster content understanding in biology education has increased as they allow for the visualization of abstract biological phenomena. However, the extent to which students have visualization skills required to learn from ERs effectively remains an open question. The current quantitative quasi-experimental research sought to determine the extent to which an animation could be used to enhance students' visualization skills and reduce learning difficulties related to basic concepts of mitosis. Participants were 67 Grade 10 purposively selected learners from a South African school. An assessment test was used for data collection. Results showed that exposure to an animation, as an additional learning tool, improved students' visualization skills while reducing visualization difficulties related to basic concepts of mitosis. We conclude that ERs may enhance students' visualization skills, reduce learning difficulties and improve content understanding. ERs may also be used in broader student development which includes visual literacy. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01