Digital visualization technologies play a pivotal role in aiding students’ comprehension of abstract concepts. This study addresses this critical need by creating a tailored stop-motion animation (SMA) aimed at rectifying students’ misunderstandings concerning gas-collection activity. The development process spanned six phases, involving information collection, episode identification, storyboard construction, model creation, transformation of models into digital images, and the addition of narration to craft captivating animations. To evaluate the efficacy of this SMA on students’ conceptual understanding, data from the think-aloud method and written responses were gathered from a cohort of ten ninth grade students at a local junior secondary school. The findings were encouraging, underscoring the substantial role played by the customized SMA in facilitating students’ understanding of the structure of the multifunctional bottle, the properties of gases, and the gas flow in the gas-collection experiment. This study marks a promising stride in uncovering the potential of self-developed multimedia-based educational tools in chemistry education, paving the way for more effective and engaging learning environments.

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开发定格动画改善初中生化学实验室学习的探索性研究

数字可视化技术在帮助学生理解抽象概念方面发挥着关键作用。本研究通过创建定制的定格动画 (SMA) 来解决这一关键需求，旨在纠正学生对气体收集活动的误解。开发过程分为六个阶段，包括信息收集、情节识别、故事板构建、模型创建、模型转换为数字图像以及添加旁白以制作引人入胜的动画。为了评估 SMA 对学生概念理解的效果，我们从当地一所初中的 10 名九年级学生中收集了出声思考法和书面回答的数据。研究结果令人鼓舞，凸显了定制的 SMA 在促进学生了解多功能瓶的结构、气体特性以及气体收集实验中的气体流动方面所发挥的重要作用。这项研究标志着在揭示自主开发的基于多媒体的教育工具在化学教育中的潜力方面取得了有希望的进步，为更有效和更有吸引力的学习环境铺平了道路。