Abstract
It is a reality that educational technology plays a remarkable role in strengthening and facilitating instructional process. Educational technologies are useful and effective in maximizing educational attainment at each level. The purpose of the study was to explore the effectiveness of educational technology in strengthening students’ achievement in English at secondary school level. All the students at secondary school level in Kohat Division constituted the population of the study. The study was delimited to the students of Govt. High School Khurram (Karak). The study was further delimited to the students of 9 th class. Forty students of 9 th class were selected as sample. Sample students were divided into two groups i.e. control group and experimental group on the basis of pre-test. Each group was comprised of 20 students. The study was experimental in nature therefore pre-test and post-test research design was used as research instrument. Statistical tools i.e. the mean, standard deviation and differences of means were computed for each group. Significance of difference between the mean scores of both the experimental and control groups on the variable of pre-test and post test scores was tested at 0.05 levels by applying t-test. After statistical analysis of the data, the researchers arrived at the conclusions that educational technology plays a vital role in teaching of English at secondary level. Educational technologies were found to be more effective and successful in teaching of English. The students of experimental group showed unexpected and astonishing performance as compared to the students of control group. On the basis of the findings, it is strongly recommended that availability of educational technologies should be ensured and utilized at secondary school level. KEYWORDS: Effectiveness; Educational Technology; Students’ Achievement; English; Secondary Level
Highlights
In the most of the advanced and developed countries, educational technologies are utilized efficiently and dynamically to strengthen and facilitate instructional process
Objectives of the Study The objectives of the study were: 1. to explore the effects of educational technology on the academic achievement of secondary school students in subject of English; 2. to examine whether the students can maintain the learning for a longer time when they taught through educational technology; 3. to suggest workable recommendations for successful integration of educational technologies at secondary school level
Participants All the students studying in public institutions at secondary school level in Kohat Division constituted the population of the study
Summary
In the most of the advanced and developed countries, educational technologies are utilized efficiently and dynamically to strengthen and facilitate instructional process. In the most of the developing countries as well as in Pakistan educational technologies are not utilized effectively during instructional process. There are some reasons which are responsible for the unsatisfactory utilization of instructional materials. Lower quality and less quantity of educational technologies provided to schools is one of the reasons. Teachers are not trained properly for the effective utilization of education technologies for instructional process (Suleman, et al 2011). Teachers are not interested in using educational technologies for the instructional process
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