Effect of motion-pictures on academic performance and retention of history senior secondary school students in Katsina, Katsina State-Nigeria

The study investigated the Effect of Motion-pictures on Academic Performance and Retention Ability of History Senior Secondary Schools Students in Katsina Metropolis, Katsina State-Nigeria. Four corresponding research objectives, questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The research used pre-test and post-test quasi experimental research design. The population comprises a total of 3272 SSII students of History from 9 schools offering the subject. The sample of the study comprised of 220 including male and female SSII students from 2 intact classes of 110 and 100 in 2 out of 9 schools of Katsina metropolis purposely selected. A validated multiple choice item instrument namely: History Performance Test (HPT) with a reliability coefficient of 0.81 guided the data collection. All the hypotheses were tested using independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance with the help of SPSS Version 23.1. The findings indicated those group of students taught using motion-pictures have positively performed and retained better than those taught using lecture method. This study concluded that motion-pictures can be used at senior secondary schools as instructional material to achieve efficient and successful learning sessions. The study therefore concluded that the use of motion-pictures enhanced students’ academic performance and retention ability in History subject better than lecture method. The study further recommended that the Katsina State Government should consider for training and retraining of more teachers of the History subject on the use of motion-pictures instructional material through periodic organized conferences, lectures, seminars and workshops.