Abstract
In this paper, the influence of smart schools on retention of biology lesson among first grade high school students of Kermanshah city in Iran is studied in education year 2015-2016. The research method is quasi-experimental with two experiment and control groups. By cluster random sampling, two classes with normal educational system and two classes with smart educational system are selected among first grade high school students of Kermanshah. The sample size included 100 students who are divided into two 50-member experimental and control groups. The independent variable is smart schools and the dependent variable is retention. The content of the eighth chapter of the biology book is taught to both groups in normal and smart methods. The applied tool is a researcher-designed retention test that is performed in two pretest and posttest retention stages in two groups. First, no significant difference is seen in the levels of preliminary knowledge of the students in two groups. After the experiment, a posttest is condycted to evaluate retention level in both groups. The average score of the experiment group is bigger than the average score of the control group. The independent t-test is used to examine the research hypothesis. This test is calculated with 95% confidence, which indicates a significance difference between the students’ retention process in biology and its implication in teaching and retention of biology.
Highlights
Technology is the most important criterion of development, in the modern world; and education is a tool to become familiar and have access to new technologies [1], [2], [3]
Smartification causes retention from other sources to be a tool for learning progress in many subjects
This research aims to study the influence of smart schools on retention of biology lesson in first grade of high school in Kermanshah in Iran
Summary
Technology is the most important criterion of development, in the modern world; and education is a tool to become familiar and have access to new technologies [1], [2], [3]. Smart schools are new approach in education that will make fundamental changes in the process of teaching and learning by combining IT and learning programs [5]. It is necessary for the education programs to be organized in line with these changes and with respect to the needs of society [6]. Smartification causes retention from other sources to be a tool for learning progress in many subjects It can develop students’ innovative abilities, encourage them to be responsible for their own learning and motivate them to have a mutual interaction with a bigger community [7]. Retention of discussions in biology is fundamental and necessary, and all scientists and policy-makers of technology believe that biology is the most strategic knowledge and technology in which if a country makes progress
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