THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A KNOWLEDGE TRIP IN DEVELOPING PLANNING SKILLS FOR STUDENTS OF THE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE DEPARTMENT

Abstract

The current research aims to design a Web Quest, titled Improving Productivity in Garment Industry, and measure theeffectiveness of Web Quest in giving the students sample the knowledge and the skills contained in it, in addition to measure trendsof the students sample towards the study of the proposed Web Quest. The sample consisted of 39 students, from Clothing andTextile Department, Faculty of Home Economics, and by using calibration tools that prepared by the researcher and consistingof the cognitive collective test and skill performance test and assessment measurement to evaluate the skill performance and trendsmeasurement before and after the application of the proposed Web Quest. The results were analyzed statistically by using the (Ttest) and use the quarters, the research has found a set of results and the most important one is the effectiveness of the Web Questin giving the students sample the knowledge and the skills contained in it and that in the presence of statistically significantdifferences between the average scores of students before and after the application of the Web Quest in favor of the post test, theresults also showed positive of the students' trends toward the Web Quest. The researcher recommended to circulate the teachingof the Web Quest for students of clothing and textile department, Home Economics because of its effectiveness in education.