Impact of Video Advance Organizer on NCE Students' Interest and Performance in Geomorphology Concepts

Abstract

This study employed quasi-experimental research design with pre-test and post-test.  The study involved the use of experimental and control groups of NCE II Geography students, and digit of randomization were used to select the two groups. The population of this study was 234 which consist of all NCE II (2013/2014) students' intake of Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashu'a (USCOEGA), Department of Geography. From the NCE II class of 234 male and female students, 60 were randomly selected for experimental and control groups. The instruments used for data collection are Geomorphology Performance Test and (GPT), Geomorphology Interest Test (GIT). Mean Scores of students' performance was used to answer research questions. Hypothesis 1 was tested by Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, hypothesis 2 was computed by t-test tested by Independent t-test at a significant level p ≤ 0.05. The findings revealed that the students' interest before and after the treatment in the experimental and control groups is almost the same which indicates insignificant difference. Experimental group exposed to video advance organizer strategy performed significantly higher.  It is therefore recommended that; teachers should use video advance organizer strategy in teaching earth science courses for its adequacies to improve the cognitive ability of the students.