Individual viewing of an animation film about the Solar System yields low knowledge gains in first-graders¶

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q2 i? After a single viewing of the film, progress was low in both groups (1.08 in the EG, 0.60 in the CG) because much of the transmitted information was not retained. → Vereș 2020

Evidence¶

Vereș 2020¶

Vereș, S. & Magdaș, I. (2020). The Use of Animation Film in Forming Representations about the Planet Earth and the Solar System. Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 9(1), 38-59. https://doi.org/10.23741/RRGE120183

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Analysis of Test 2 results, taken by both groups after watching the film Paxi - The Solar System without further mediation. The authors attribute the low gains to unretained information and note students need an adult to clarify film content.

"The results obtained after watching the animation film indicate a low progress of (1.08) in the EG and (0.60) in the CG, compared to those in Test 1. The students’ progress was low because a lot of information transmitted to them failed to be retained."

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