Effectiveness of Blended Learning in Improving Students’ Academic Performance

Abstract

The research work focuses on finding the efficiency of blended learning methods in comparison to traditional learning methods. In the study, the effect of blended learning on the academic performance of students studying in higher secondary schools in Rajasthan was measured. Accordingly, the survey method was used in which a convenience sampling technique was adopted and a sample size of 400 students was selected. The main goals of this research work were to find the influence of blended learning on the academic performance of higher secondary school students based on gender, to measure the influence of blended learning over traditional learning based on the learning and academic performance of higher secondary school student’s region-wise, and to compare the blended learning methods with traditional methods. In order to collect the data, a well-structured questionnaire was developed, in which, questions related to blended learning and the performance of the students were asked. The hypothesis testing was done using the Chi-Square Test.