The effect of a chemical molecule building card game combined with 3d molecular model training for enhancing the spatial ability of high school students
Abstract:
This research aimed to develop a chemical molecule building card game
for enhancing student spatial ability, and to study its effect, when combined with a
3D molecular model, by comparing spatial ability test scores and organic chemistry
test scores on a pre-post basis, and between experimental and control groups. The
samples were 72 high school students from Princess Chulabhon Science High School
Chonburi, divided into three groups of 24 students each, including Experimental
Group 1 that trained with the chemical molecule building card game combined with
3D molecular model, Experimental Group 2 that trained with only the 3D molecular
model, and the Control Group that studied with the organic chemistry course. The
research instruments were the chemical molecule building card game, 3D molecular
model, spatial ability test, and organic chemistry test. The data were analyzed by
t-test, one-way ANOVA, one-way MANOVA, and one-way repeated measures
MANOVA.
The results showed that the chemical molecule building card game
consisted of two activities, ranked from easy level to hard level, and was found
suitable for combining with a 3D molecular model, resulting in enhancing the spatial
ability of high school students. After the experiment, all groups showed a significant
increase in the scores of spatial ability and organic chemistry tests when compared
to before experiment conditions (p< .01). In addition, Experimental Group 1 had
significantly higher scores on the spatial ability and organic chemistry tests than those
of Experimental Group 2, and those of the Control Group (p<.05).