Animation is a useful educational tool that can be used to fulfill an affective or cognitive function. The topic of the thesis focuses mainly on cognitive function, as the aim was to test the impact of animation on retention and understanding.
The work is divided into two parts. In the theoretical part, the basic concepts of animation, retention and understanding are studied, as well as the use of animation in education and the factors that affect learning performance. A review of existing research in this field has also been made, which has laid the foundation for continuing in the experimental part.
In the experimental part, on the basis of professional literature on the topic of ozone, a text was compiled, a storyboard was drawn, graphics were designed and animated and narration and other sound elements were added. After the animation was completed, a survey was conducted to test the retention and understanding of the group, which was introduced to the topic of ozone with animation, and the group, which read the text on the issue. Results are analyzed and presented in graphs. The discussion confirmed the hypothesis that the use of animation improves retention and understanding. At the end is interpretation of the results and comments on what it could be changed in the course of the research and how the research could be continued in the future.
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