THE EFFECT OF ANIMATED AND STATIC MAP ON FORM FIVE STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES IN MAP INTERPRETATION AND MAP ANALYSIS IN GEOGRAPHY, SOUTH WEST REGION CAMEROON

Abstract

This paper aimed to compare the effect of animated and static maps on students’ academic performance in the map interpretation and map analysis in geography. This study explore the use of animate audio visual topographic maps to teach map reading and interpretations to form five students. This study utilizes an explanatory sequential mixed method. The quantitative data was achieved using the  matched quasi experimental pretest and posttest and the quantitative data was generated using interview .The participants in these study includes of 52 students in both the experimental group and student in the control group all form five students in a secondary school. Students in the experimental groups were taught using animated maps while those in the control groups were taught using the traditional static maps .An interview was conductor to 8 students who participated in the experimental group as a follow up of the experiment. The result reveal that there is a significant difference in the students’ performance in interpretation, and analysis using animated maps. The result obtained from the interview from the student reveal that animating the maps helps to easily recognized features and to analysis relationships on a map.