EFFECT OF ONLINE SIMULATION IN LEARNING BIOLOGY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ONDO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ONDO STATE
Abstract
The study was carried out investigate the effect of online simulation in learning biology among secondary school students in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Research design was adopted using questionnaire as an instrument for gathering relevant data. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. From the analysis of data, one hundred students were randomly selected from selected school to form the study sample. The data collected were analysed using simple percentage, mean statistical tools. The outcome of the analysis based on the responses of the respondents to the questionnaire items revealed that the more the sense organs can participate in the teaching and learning process, the more efficient education can be achieved. The study suggests and recommends that Biology teachers can also deploy the use of computer simulations as a scaffold for the formative and summative evaluation of their students, pre-service biology teachers should be trained on how to implement biology lessons that embeds interactive computer simulation as an instructional strategy, curriculum developers and educational technology specialists should intensify efforts aimed at developing interactive computer simulations for learning abstract concepts in biology, computer simulations should incorporate design features that construct teaching and learning activities around it so that students are fully immersed in the simulation learning environment, Governmental education departments and ministry should ensure that schools are provided with the relevant technological facilities and support structures to facilitate the effective utilization of interactive computer simulations as a pedagogical tool.
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