The Effect of Using Animation on Primary Science and Technology Course Students' Academic Achivement, Retention of Knowledge and Scientific Process Skills

This study was conducted to determine the effect of the use of the animation on the academic achievements of the students, retention of this achievement, and the development of scientific process skills in the unit of division of cells of the science and technology course of the 8 th grade basic education and to find out the student's views. The sampling of the research was made up of by 37 students studying in a primary school in the city centre in Erzurum who were divided into Experiment Group (EG) (n = 17) and Control Group (CG) (n = 20). The study was carried out in 2010-2011 education year. While animation assisted student centred teaching approach was used with the students in the experiment group, student centred teaching approach was used with the students in the control group. As a result of the study, it was found that the use of animation in the basic education 8th grade science and technology course in the unit of division of cells had positive effects on the academic achievements of the students, retention of this achievement, and the development of scientific process skills. Moreover, it was determined that the students in the experiment group expressed positive views about the use of animations