The Impact of the Contents of Educational Informatics Network on Classroom Participation of Students in Teaching the Subject of the Musculoskeletal System

Gökçe Ok

doi:10.18009/jcer.684362

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of the contents of Educational Informatics Network on participation of students in teaching the subject of musculoskeletal system. In the study, the quasi-experimental design is preferred. Furthermore, the opinions of the students are given a place which added qualitative dimension to the study. The data set used in the study was gathered from the Classroom Participation Inventory. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistical techniques, normality analyses and independent t-test were used. At the end of the study, a significant difference was found in favor of the experimental group. Considering mean scores the experimental group for affective participation, cognitive participation and non-participating were more than the ones of the control group. According to students' views, it was determined that the EIN contents are beneficial and helpful for learning terms better, and the classes are enjoyable.

Highlights

Necessity and demand for individual skills increase exponentially due to the rapid rise of the network and information era of 21th century
When the descriptive rates acquired from the study are analyzed, it is determined that the mean scores acquired from the aspects of the participation inventory of the experimental group and the control group are close
The lowest mean score was acquired from the obedience/submission aspect yet it was acquired from the class participation aspect in the control group

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Necessity and demand for individual skills increase exponentially due to the rapid rise of the network and information era of 21th century. Raising generations who could meet the need and skills of the century in order to keep up with the era in which we live is indispensable. The most great reason of this situation is the fact that education is the most important notion which all of the developed and developing countries dwell upon in order to reach their aims. Another reason is that, in our world which always changes and progresses, it is accepted as a goal that education and training need to be adequate for the

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