Effect of Multimedia on Learning History among Secondary Students

Main Article Content

Dr. K.Nachimuthu, P.Sasi

Abstract

The multimedia package prepared by the investigator was entitled, Cultural Traditions of Tamil Nadu. The content
comprised of, India experienced an early development of Cultures and civilizations. The earliest age in history is called Old
Stone Age or Paleolithic. This period is divided into Lower, Middle, and Upper Paleo-lithic cultures. The diverse cultures and
languages of India reveal the complex processes related with Indian history. Between teaching and learning, technology acts as
a bridge the gaps between them. In Indian history, past events are needs to teach using innovative methods. The text, video,
audio, and animations are enclosed to form multimedia components to enrich the student's knowledge. The investigators
select 50 students from the ninth standard of Government high schools of Attur District in Tamil Nadu State and experiment.
Both genders were taken and divided to control and experimental groups. The Control group was treated by the normal
classroom method and the experimental group was treated by the multimedia method. After data analysis, the investigators
found out that, multimedia teaching in History was more effective than the normal one. The results are revealed that the
multimedia package has a positive impact on History teaching.

Article Details

Section
Articles