The Effect of Educational Films Showtime on Female Secondary School Students Learning and Rtention

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the effect of educational films Showtime on 3rd grad secondary school female students learns and retention in Malayer. Our research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and control group. 110 students were randomly chosen and assigned to four groups, three experimental and one control group. The first experimental group (27) saw the film before teaching, the second experimental group (26) while teaching, and the third group (26) after teaching. The control group included 31 students who did not watch any film. Sections 2 and 3 of the geography book were chosen. The instruments used in this study were two equivalent pre-test and posttest on film content which contained 32 questions in 5 sections. At the beginning, pretests were given to all groups. At the end of the training, they took the posttest and 2 weeks later, they took the retention test. The results were analyzed using Generalized Linear Models, multiple comparison tests in dependent t-test, ANOVA and MANOVA. Considering the significant level (p>0/5). The results showed that using educational films while teaching had more impact on the learning and retention of the students.