Abstract
This study investigated the effects of edutainment teaching method vis-? -vis the traditional chalk-talk instructional methods on students??(TM) motivation and academic achievement in motor vehicle mechanics work in science and technical colleges. A randomized subject pre-test, posttest true experimental research design was employed for the study. The population of the study was 50 NTC II MVMW students of the two Government Science and Technical Colleges of Adamawa State that offer MVMW as a trade subject. The sample was 27 NTC II MVMW students. Instruments used for the study were MVMW Achievement Test Prepared from past NABTEB NTC examination and Motivation Strategy for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). The MSLQ was pilot tested and a reliability coefficient of 0.83 was found. The study had three groups; two experimental and one control. The experimental groups were taught using audiovisual and visual edutainment software, as a medium of instruction, while the control was taught using chalk-talk lecture method for a period of six weeks. After the treatment, post-tests using the two instruments were administered to the subjects to determine their level of motivation and achievement. Scores obtained from the MVMW Achievement Test and MSLQ were analysed using mean to answer research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using ANOVA, ANCOVA and Scheffe??(TM)s Post Hoc Test. The findings revealed among others that treatment had significant effect on achievement and motivation of students in MVMW. Audiovisual edutainment proved to be better than visual edutainment and chalk-talk method respectively. The chalk-talk method of instruction had little effect on the students??(TM) motivation and achievement. Visual edutainment had little effect on students??(TM) achievement but high effect on motivation. The audio-visual edutainment had high effect on the students??(TM) achievement and motivation. It was therefore recommended that, teachers should be trained and encouraged to develop and use audio-visual edutainment teaching method, because of its appropriateness in the teaching of abstract skills in MVMW.