The Effect of Blended Instruction on Students Mathematics Learning

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Allameh Tabatabaie University

2 Lecturer Allameh Tabatabaie University

Abstract

Blended instruction is a new approach that combines online digital media with traditional classroom methods. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of blended instruction method on the elementary student’s learning rate in mathematics, and it’s comparison with the traditional (face to face) method. The quasi-experimental with two groups of experimental and control was used. The experimental groups were taught with blended-base instruction and the control groups were taught face to face instruction to fulfill the case from Rouzbeh elementary school, two Grade-three classes with 29 students were chosen, one as on experimental group and the other as a control group. At the beginning of the experiment a test, as a pre-test was given to each group in order to measure the amount of student’s learning rate in mathematics. In the analysis of the obtained results, in order to determine the amount of each group’s learning rates and to compare them with each an independent t-test was used. The results showed that there were significant differences between mean scores of the two groups. Thus, the effect of blended learning with face to face method is confirmed. Therefore, this finding indicates that blended learning approach affects the process of teaching- learning positively, and that they can be used for improving and strengthening for the improvement of the student’s achievements in educational settings.

Keywords

References

Al-Qahtani, A. A.Y. & Higgins, S. E. (2013). Effects of traditional, blended and e-learning on students’ achievement in higher education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 29, 220–234.
Bonk C.J. & Graham C.R. (2005). Handbook of blended learning: Global Perspectives, local designs. University of Alabama at Birmingham , Retrieved October 12, 2010 from  http://www.uab.edu/it/instructional/technology/docs/blended_learning_systems.pdf.
Bowers, J. & Kumar, P. (2015). Students' perceptions of teaching and social presence: A comparative analysis of face-to-face and online learning environments. International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT), 10(1): 27-44.
Cheah, H. M. & Lim, K. Y. (2016). Mediating approaches to the use of ICT in teaching and learning through the lenses of ‘craft’and ‘industrial’educator. Journal of Computers in Education, 3(1): 21-31.
Chen Clement C. & Jones. Keith T. (2007). Blended Learning vs. Traditional Classroom Settings: Assessing Effectiveness and Student Perceptions in an MBA Accounting Course, The Journal of Educators Online, 4(‌1) 2007.
Choi, M. Y. & Han, T. I. (2015). A Comparison of Learning Effectiveness in Face-to-face versus Blended Learning of TOEIC. Journal of Digital Convergence, 13(10): 517-525.
Demirer, V. & Sahin, I. (2013). Effect of blended learning environment on transfer of learning: an experimental study. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 29(6): 518-529.
Driscoll, M. & Van Barneveld, A. (2015). Applying learning theory to mobile learning. American Society for Training & Development.
Farmer Robert & Nobes Carolyn. (2006). Extending the Campus Reach: To Local and Global Community using Innovative Teaching Technologies, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada.
Graham, C. R. (2006). Blended learning systems: Definition, current trends, and future directions. In C. J. Bonk and C. R. Graham (Eds.), Handbook of Blended Learning: Global Perspectives, Local Designs. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer Publishing.
Krasnova, T. (2015). A paradigm shift: Blended learning integration in Russian higher education. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 166, 399-403.
McCutcheon, K., Lohan, M., Traynor, M. & Martin, D. (2015). A systematic review evaluating the impact of online or blended learning vs. face‐to‐face learning of clinical skills in undergraduate nurse education. Journal of advanced nursing, 71(2): 255-270.
Oakley Burks, (2008).  Blended Learning: A New Approach in Higher Education, University of Illinois at Springfield, http://www.burksoakley.com/
Resta, P. (2015). Information and communication technologies in teacher education, division of higher education. Paris: UNESCO.
Swoboda, A. & Feiler, L. (2016). Measuring the Effect of Blended Learning: Evidence from a Selective Liberal Arts College. The American Economic Review, 106(5): 368-372.
Twigg, C. A. (2013). Improving learning and reducing costs: Outcomes from changing the equation. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 45(4): 6-14.
Yang, H. H., Zhu, S. & MacLeod, J. (2016). Collaborative Teaching Approaches: Extending Current Blended Learning Models. In International Conference on Blending Learning (pp. 49-59). Springer International Publishing.

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics