Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study investigated the learning and retention ability as improved by the use of Computer Animation Model (CAM) among Biology students in some selected senior secondary schools at Gwale LGA of Kano State, Nigeria. A control group using Quasi-experimental design was applied during the investigation in which a pretest and a posttest were used. The population size for the sampled schools was 4105 in which a sample of 200 was randomly selected from four schools out of the population (50 students per school comprising both male and female). Biology Performance Test Questionnaire (BPTQ) technique was adopted for collecting Data with reliability coefficient value of 0.89. The experimental group was taught Ecological Concepts (Adaptation, Food chain, Food wave, Pyramid of number and Sampling technique) using Computer Animation Model (CAM) teaching strategy), while the control group was taught using the conventional Teaching Method. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated. Research questions were analyzed using descriptive statistics. While the null hypotheses were tested using t-test at P< 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the results indicated that there was a significant difference between performance and retention ability of students taught by CAM and those taught using conventional teaching strategy in support of investigational group. Also, analysis of the null hypotheses showed that there was no significant difference between the performance and retention ability of male and female students in the investigational group and those in the control group. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Biology teachers at secondary schools should be persuaded to use CAM for the teaching of ecological and other topics in Biology, as it enhances the performance and retention ability of secondary school students in preparation for WAEC, NECO and UTME examinations.