Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of blended teaching, based on the e-learning management system “Blackboard”, in the development of academic achievement, study skills and self-confidence among the students of Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU). The study sample consisted of (38) female students who were specialized in primary classroom at the University. The participants were randomly selected, where the experimental group was (21) female students who were taught the course of “Science Teaching Strategies” by blended teaching based on the e-learning management system “Blackboard”, and the control group was (17) ones who studied the course by the traditional method of teaching. Pre and post tests for academic achievement, the scale of study skills and the scale of self-confidence were applied to the participants. The results showed statistically significant differences at the level of (α ≤ 0.05) between the average scores of the students of the two groups in the academic achievement test in favor of the experimental group. Eta squared (η2) was (0.75) rated very high effect. There were no statistically significant differences in both the degree of university study skills and self-confidence.
Highlights
Communities have witnessed information revolution that affected all fields, the educational one
Since the present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of blended teaching, based on the e-learning management system “Blackboard”, in the development of academic achievement, study skills and self-confidence among students of Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), its problem can be defined in asking the following main question: What is the effectiveness of Blended teaching, based on the e-learning management system “Blackboard”, in the development of academic achievement, study skills and self-confidence among students of PNU? It is further subdivided into the following minor questions: 1) What is the effectiveness of blended teaching, based on the e-learning management system “Blackboard”, in the development of academic achievement among the students of PNU?
2) What is the effectiveness of blended teaching, based on the e-learning management system “Blackboard”, in the development of study skills among the students of PNU?
Summary
Communities have witnessed information revolution that affected all fields, the educational one. The educational process radically modified; it turned from the learning based on transferring knowledge from the teacher, to learner-based learning due to utilizing new technology in teaching, such as the computer and the internet. Many educationalists and authors see that e-learning is one of the promising types of learning It involves various applications which enhance learning and education and require handling more complicated technology to motivate learners to continue education (Al-Khaneen, 2017). Its online content enables learners to actively interact with the content, teacher and peers and completion of such learning according to time, space and speed that appropriate his capabilities and conditions It develops their comprehension and experience and improves their feeling of responsibility for learning. It develops their positive attitudes and provides them with trust and satisfaction with completing the course, either utilizing synchronous or asynchronous learning (Al-Giny & Al-Rahili, 2016)
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