Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
Investigating the effectiveness of animations in exploring learning a case study in a Chemical Engineering course
Includes abstract.
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Department of Chemical Engineering
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613342269440000 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Ma, Karen |
| author2 | Case, Jennifer |
| author_browse | Case, Jennifer Ma, Karen |
| author_facet | Case, Jennifer Ma, Karen |
| author_sort | Ma, Karen |
| collection | Thesis |
| description | Includes abstract. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10614 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:34:36.552Z |
| license_str | Not specified — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| publishDate | 2014 |
| publishDateRange | 2014 |
| publishDateSort | 2014 |
| publisher | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| publisherStr | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10614 Investigating the effectiveness of animations in exploring learning a case study in a Chemical Engineering course Ma, Karen Case, Jennifer Smith, Leonard Chemical Engineering Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Using technology in the classroom environment has become increasingly popular among educators. One way of employing technology is using instructional animations to teach concepts, favoured owing to their ability to depict changes in object over time. Animations are commonly believed to increase motivation and foster learning, but there is little empirical evidence for this belief. Some researchers have found that animations can be effective; others, however, show that animations have the same effect as a combination of static pictures and text. Some have even showed that animations could actually have negative effects on student learning. A lecturer at the University of Cape Town had planned to use animations in his third year undergraduate Chemical Engineering Course in Reactor Design. This became the context for the present study which investigated the effectiveness of these animations for promoting conceptual understanding as well as exploring students' perspective on learning from animations as well as students' enjoyment level. A quasi-experimental case study was conducted over four topics in Reactor Design and one topic was repeated. Each investigation was on one topic, and in each investigation, the Reactor Design class was split so that the student either attended a traditional lecture or an animation lecture. The two groups of students were used to compare the impact of animations on student learning. 2014-12-30T19:46:41Z 2014-12-30T19:46:41Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10614 eng application/pdf Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Chemical Engineering Ma, Karen Investigating the effectiveness of animations in exploring learning a case study in a Chemical Engineering course |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Investigating the effectiveness of animations in exploring learning a case study in a Chemical Engineering course |
| title_full | Investigating the effectiveness of animations in exploring learning a case study in a Chemical Engineering course |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the effectiveness of animations in exploring learning a case study in a Chemical Engineering course |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the effectiveness of animations in exploring learning a case study in a Chemical Engineering course |
| title_short | Investigating the effectiveness of animations in exploring learning a case study in a Chemical Engineering course |
| title_sort | investigating the effectiveness of animations in exploring learning a case study in a chemical engineering course |
| topic | Chemical Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10614 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT makaren investigatingtheeffectivenessofanimationsinexploringlearningacasestudyinachemicalengineeringcourse |