Effectiveness of Two-Dimensional Animation Technique in Enhancing Students’ Motivation in Quantitative Economics Concepts

The study investigated the effectiveness of Two-Dimensional Animation Technique in enhancing students' Motivation in Quantitative concepts of Economics. The design adopted for the study was Quasi-experimental nonequivalent pre-test, post-test control group design with a sample size of 162 SS II Economics students made up of 80 males and 82 females drawn from four coeducational secondary schools in Enugu metropolis, Enugu State. Purposive sampling was used to select the four co-educational secondary schools while simple random sampling was used to select the four intact classes from each of the four (4) Schools. Students Motivation in Quantitative Economics Learning scale (SMQELS) was used for data collection. The instrument was face validated and tested for reliability. The SMQELS was subjected to factor analysis and 17 items out of the 20 items survived. A reliability co-efficient of 0.80 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha.