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Jun 19, 2024DOI:
10.4314/just.v42i2.9Keywords:
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Effectiveness Of Interactive Multimedia-Based Learning in Teaching Art History as A Component of General Knowledge in Art for Senior High School Students
Akwasi Adomako Boakye
Harry Barton Essel
Ernest Appiah
Abstract
The teaching and learning of Art History as a component of General Knowledge in Art is meant to help students to investigate the history of artistic growth. Due to the abstract manner of teaching art history, a lot of students in schools develop aversion to it. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of using an Interactive Multimedia-based learning (IML) platform for the teaching and learning of the Art History section of the General Knowledge in Art subject by students of Kumasi Senior High Technical School (KSHTS). This study presents the findings of a quasi-experimental design assessing the effectiveness of learning with the IML platform. The study compared the learning outcomes of students who participated in a class taught with the IML platform (Experimental group - EG) to those taught with conventional didactic instructions (Control group - CG). A total sample of n = 132 students participated in the study. Independent samples t-test was employed to determine the effect. The findings of this study revealed that the IML platform is a plausible pedagogical agent for increasing students’ performance of Art History t (8.63) p = <.001. The mean scores (m = 80.8, SD = 15.6) of students in the EG were significantly higher than those in the CG (56.3, SD = 17.1). The researcher identified that studies on Interactive Multimedia to teach were largely focused in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). This study, however, focused on the use of the IML platform to teach Art History. By continuing to seek new ways to integrate Interactive Multimedia learning into Art History lessons, teachers can design more effective lessons to meet the needs of students offering General Knowledge in Art.
