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Home⇛DAVAO RESEARCH JOURNAL⇛vol. 16 no. 4 (2025)

Project CONAN: Enhancing Grade 8 Students’ Retention in Learning History using Contextualized Animation

Vivien Cleire Geverola | Syrhel Embudo | Judylyn Baya | Revrev Tio

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

The study’s primary goal is to enhance student retention in learning World History by employing Contextualized Animation as a method of instruction. Contextualized animation is a pedagogical approach that utilizes a comic-like format, incorporating pictures and narratives relevant to the lesson content. There are 39 respondents in the controlled group and 39 respondents in the experimental group. The study reveals that, before the intervention, both groups exhibited negative t-values, indicating a decrease in scores from the pre-test to the post-test. The experimental group scored slightly higher (11.97) than the control group (11.49). The results indicated that Grade 8 students had a baseline level of historical information retention, highlighting the need for effective intervention measures to enhance learning outcomes. However, after the intervention, the comparison between the pre-test and post-test scores of both the controlled and experimental groups offered valuable insights into the effectiveness of the intervention employed. The results revealed a remarkable level of significance with a p-value of .000 for both the pre-test and post-test scores of both groups, indicating a substantial and meaningful impact of the intervention. There was a shift in t-values, with the experimental group demonstrating a more pronounced improvement compared to the control group. These findings underscored the effectiveness of the intervention, Project CONAN, in enhancing historical knowledge retention among Grade 8 students.



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