scholarly journals Speed Reading and its impact on Understanding and Increasing the number of words(experimental research)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-364
Author(s):  
Moaid Ismail Jarjis ◽  
Bazyan Satar Khafur
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The University ◽  
Experimental Group

In the current empirical research, the researchers aimed to prepare a scale and program on rapid reading and its impact on understanding and increasing the number of words as it went (Tony Buzan, 2011 - 2018). The program was based on a sample consisting of (14) equal female students in terms of age, sex, social status and level of education, as one experimental group of students of the internal section (18) at the University of Salahaddin - Erbil. The importance of the current empirical research is that reading fast teaches students to learn new ways of reading and understanding and increasing the number of words, and left the previous misconceptions in reading and understanding, which we learned from childhood in schools, where it was an obstacle to reading fast and understanding and increase the number of words and benefit from the effort and time as well. The accuracy of the visual reliability and the stability of the method test and re-test were verified. The apparent of the visual reliability was 100% and the stability coefficient was 91%. The pre-test was carried out on the experimental group and the program was applied to them and then the post-test was performed on them. Statistical analysis of the social sciences (Spss) showed the results: 1. Prepare a rapid reading program 2. There is a statistically significant difference between the arithmetic mean value of the pre- test and the post-test, in favor for the post-test in degree of freedom (26) at the level of statistical significance (0.001) This means that the independent variable (Quick Reading Program) has an effective effect on the dependent variables (understanding and increasing the number of words). In the light of the results, the researchers presented some recommendations and suggestions.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of the leadership transformation programme among off-campus students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 726
Author(s):  
Rohana Hamzah ◽  
Nurul Ain Fatehah Baharuddin ◽  
Wan Jumani Fauzi ◽  
Muhamad Afzamiman Aripin
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationship ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Transformation Leadership

The social issues involving off-campus students are quite serious as these students are more susceptible to negative influences such as friends and the surrounding environment. Results from the preliminary study showed that there were four major problems which are relationship with the Creator, self-management, social relationship with housemates, as well as housekeeping management and upkeep. Therefore, an intervention programme named Transformation Leadership Programme for Off-Campus Students was designed. The study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the leadership transformation programme among off-campus student. The effectiveness of the intervention programme reported in this study is based only on pre- and post-tests from quantitative data collected from 30 respondents. The results show that there is no significant difference for the variable, ‘respondents’ belief in the Creator’ although the mean value increased in the post-test. Apart from that, the findings also show significant improvements in the other three variables assessed, (i.e., relationship with the Creator, <strong></strong>self-management, social relationship with their housemates and housekeeping management and upkeep). Data also show that there was also positive impact on off-campus students’ academic achievement due to the decrease in the number of respondents with CGPA below 2.5. Therefore, this means the programme is successful in helping off-campus students to understand and make a connection between the value of belief in the Creator (spiritual intelligence) with the exercise of social responsibility as a leader to oneself, others and housekeeping management and upkeep.

scholarly journals Effect of using a proposed method in teaching physics at the skill of the experiment the fourth-grade science students their application Physical principles

2018 ◽  
Vol 226 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-184
Author(s):  
Dr. Waheed Ghaffouri . Al- Saadi
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Teaching Physics ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Physical Principles

    The current research aims to identify (the effect of using a proposed method in teaching physics at the skill of the experiment at the fourth-grade science students and their application of physical principles. The researcher adopted the experimental design of the two groups. The number of students in the research sample reached (59) students of the fourth grade of the secondary school of Ibn al-Fadr under the General Directorate for the education of Diyala / Khalis for the academic year 2016-2017 divided between two divisions, (B) and (B) to represent the experimental group studied in the proposed method. The researcher also constructed the skill test level for the physics subject of (10) paragraphs , And verified the authenticity of its content, presented to a group of specialists , And was applied to a sample to ascertain the veracity of the vertebrae, and was confirmed by the stability of the equation Koderrichardson 20, and was a coefficient of stability (0.72), and was confirmed the strength of discriminatory paragraphs, and the coefficient of difficulty, and the effectiveness of alternatives.  The researcher constructed the test applied to the physical principles of physics consisting of (30) objective paragraphs of the type of multiple choice, and verified the validity of its content, presented to a group of specialists, and then applied to a sample survey to ensure the clarity of paragraphs, The coefficient of stability was 0.77, and the discriminant force of its vertebrates, the coefficient of difficulty, and the effectiveness of its substitutions were determined. Using the t-test, with the ends of two independent samples, the null hypothesis was tested. - There is a statistically significant difference between the grades of the experimental group students who studied in the proposed method and the students of the control group who studied in the usual way and for the benefit of the experimental group in the measure of application of the physical principles. - There is a difference of statistical significance between the grades of students of the experimental group who studied in the proposed method and students of the control group who studied in the usual way and for the benefit of the experimental group in the scale of the skill of conducting the experiment. 1- Adopting the proposed method in teaching the physics subject and inserting it into curriculum syllabus and teaching methods in the faculties of education. 2 - Conduct similar studies in several materials and stages to identify their impact in other variables.

scholarly journals Blended Learning in Higher Education: A Study of Its Impact on Students’ Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Najeh Rajeh Alsalhi ◽  
Mohd. Elmagzoub Eltahir ◽  
Sami Al-Qatawneh ◽  
Nadia Ouakli ◽  
Hanine Bou Antoun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Experimental Group

The key goal of the paper is to study the influence of blended learning on the academic perfor-mance of students of a statistics Bluman course at the University of Ajman. The study was implemented by means of a quasi-experimental design. The sample of the study was 268 students, grouped into two groups: one experimental group (n = 135) that used blended learning; and the other a control group (n = 133) which was educated using the traditional method. The researchers prepared the achievement test as a tool of study after verifying its validity and reliability. The findings indicated significant statistical differences among the mean scores on the students’ post-test achievement in the two study groups, in favor of experimental group students, who were educated through blended learning. Furthermore, the outcomes showed that the scores of the experimental group students were diverse based on the variable of gender (in favor of females), and based on the variable of students’ academic year (supporting those students in the fourth academic year). However, no statistically significant difference was found among the students according to the variable of the college in which they studied. The study recommends that mixed learning is to be employed more broadly to include various educational fields.

The Relationship between EFL Learners’ Extensive Reading and English Language Proficiency

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 549
Author(s):  
Mohammad Davoudi ◽  
Moslem Zolfagharkhani ◽  
Mojtaba Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The University ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Reading Texts

The present study aims at investigating the effects of extensive reading (ER) on language proficiency of Iranian intermediate EFL learners. A Preliminary English Test (PET) was administered to 106 male and female university students. The participants were selected as intermediate learners and were divided into three groups (one control and two experimental groups). During the ten sessions of the treatment, ten short stories (authentic and simplified) were provided to the two homogenous groups (two experimental groups). The first experimental group received authentic reading texts and the second experimental group received simplified reading texts, while the participants of the control group followed the ordinary reading course at the university. All three groups received post-tests administered after the treatment. The results of the t-tests revealed that there is no significant difference in reading scores across the posttest between two experimental groups. The results of ANOVA also revealed that there is a significant difference between the scores of the control group and experimental groups’ participants. Based on the interview result after the post-test, all of the participants (100%) agreed that they had positive attitude toward extensive reading after participating in the treatment sessions. The study suggests, however, students’ curriculum courses should include extensive reading texts in order to develop EFL language proficiency.

Effect of a-Week Summer Camp on the Hopelessness and Self-Esteem of the University Students Attending Sport Sciences Faculty

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Korkmaz YİĞİTER ◽  
Hakan TOSUN
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Summer Camp ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
T Test ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The University

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of participation in a 1-week summer camp on thehopelessness and self-esteem of the university students attending Sport Sciences Faculty. Participants were 36university students assigned to experiment group using a random procedure. Coopersmith Self-esteem and Beck Hopelessness Scales were completed at the beginning and end of the summer camp by designed the university. The obtained data were analysed in the SPSS 18.0 program and the significance level was taken as 0.05. The descriptive statistics, independent simple t test, paired simple t test and Pearson correlation were used for analyse the data in the study. According to the results of the research, no significant difference was observed in the comparison of the hopelessness and self-esteem levels between pre and post-test. In addition, there was a significant difference in the hopelessness level of male and female students but any significant difference was not observed in terms of self-esteem. There was a significant relationship between hopelessness and self-esteem pre and post-test. These result shows that a 1-week summer camp cannot change the hopelessness or self-esteem level. However, as the self-esteem rises, the rate of despair decreases whereas as the despair rises, the selfesteem decreases.

The Effect of Using Students Peer Teaching on Iraqi EFL Students' Achievement in the Course of Library and Research Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (33) ◽  
pp. 693-714
Author(s):  
. Muntaha Sabbar Jebur
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Peer Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
College Of Basic Education ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Experimental Group

          Peer teaching is a strategy that allows the students to teach the new content to each other, and they must be accurately guided by instructors.     The researcher proposes that the use of students peer teaching  may promote students' achievement  and ensure the engagement of all the students in the learning process. Therefore, the researcher employs it as a teaching method aiming at investigating its  effect on Iraqi EFL students' achievement in the course of Library and Research Work .      The study hypothesizes that there is no significant difference between the students' achievement who are taught library and research work by students peer teaching  and that of the students taught by the traditional way. The experimental design of the study is Parallel Groups, Random Assignment, posttest. Each group consists of 35 students, chosen randomly from the Third Year Students at the Department of English in the College of Basic Education. Both groups were matched in terms of their age and parents' education. The experiment was fulfilled in the first course for 15 weeks during the academic year 2016-2017.       The same materials were presented to both groups. This included   units from Writing Research Paper by Lester D. . Post-test was constructed and exposed  The t-test for  independent samples was used to analyze the results and it is found out that there is a statistical difference between the two groups in their achievement because the calculated t- value 2.635 is bigger than the tabulated t- value which is 2.000, and also shown the superiority of the experimental group. The results indicate that the experimental group, who was taught Library and Research Work by peer teaching   was better than the control group, who was taught according to the traditional way. So, the null hypothesis is rejected. Finally, some recommendations and suggestions are presented in the light of the study findings. to a jury of experts to verify its validity and it was administered to both groups.

EFFECT OF WEB BASED INSTRUCTIONS ON ACHIEVEMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajwinder Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Conventional Method ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Statistical Techniques ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of the study was to study the Effect of Web based instructions on achievement in Social Studies. The sample consisted of 100 students from Grade 8th of schools affiliated to C.B.S.E of Ferozepur and were randomly split into two groups-control (taught by traditional method) and experimental (taught by Web based instruction) groups. Firstly pre-test was administered on both the groups; then the students in the control group were taught by conventional method while experimental group was taught by Web based instructions. Then post-test was administrated on both the groups. The Statistical techniques were then employed to data collected and analysis and interpretation of the data was done. The result of the study implied that there exists significant difference in achievement in Social Studies based on Web based instructions and conventional method. The study also revealed that there exist significant gender differences in achievement in Social Studies with Web based instructions.

EFFECT OF YOGA ON CARDIOVASCULAR EFFICIENCY

2019 ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Brij Bhushan Singh ◽  
Shubi Mirja ◽  
Samiya Husain
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Technique ◽  
Step Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Group A ◽  
Cardio Vascular ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Group B ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of yogic practices on cardio-vascular efficiency. Material and methods: Total Forty (40) subject’s boys/girls were selected as the sample of the study through the random sampling and their age ranged between 20 to 25 years from the Department of Physical Education, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. The subjects were divided into two groups comprising 20 subjects in each group, namely group “A” (the experimental group) performs yogic practices (Asanas, Pranayamas and Kriyas) and group “B” (the control group) served as control. Statistical technique: for the assessment of the cardiovascular efficiency through Harvard step test pre and post-test was conducted and t-test was applied for the analysis. Result: revealed that there exist a significant difference between group A and group B, at .05 level of significance. On the basis of the pre and post-test among experimental and control group, experimental group found better than the control group on cardiovascular efficiency and significant result were found in this study.

Effect of Activity-Based Games on Students' Academic Achievement in Social Sciences

2021 ◽  
pp. 82-95
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of the research was to investigatethe effect of activity-based games on the academic achievement of graduate-level pupils in social sciences.An experimental research design with a pre-and post-test control group was used in this study. As pre-test and post-test, MCQ achievement tests containing 70 items were used as research methods for data collecting. The initial stage in this initiative was to collect data on what inspires children to learn. Both groups took a pre-test, and the results were tallied.The project's second phase was to study the effects of variousactivities on academic achievement. Both groups were given an MCQ performance test. The T-test was used to analyze the data. The findings of this study demonstrated that, compared to the control group, mostpupils'marks improved in the experimental group. The mean value showedthat experimental group participants scored 18.77on the post-test, while control group students scored 16.21. According to a post-lesson poll, most students regarded activity-based games to be more engaging than lecture-based instruction.

THE EFFECT OF CREATIVE DRAMA METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS TOWARDS THE MUSIC LESSON

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (14) ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Bahar GÜDEK ◽  
Hande YILMAZ
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Method ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Creative Drama ◽  
Music Lesson ◽  
Course Success ◽  
Musical Perception ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Experimental Group

The aim of this research is to examine the effects of creative drama method on students' achievements towards the music lesson . In addition to this, in the research, it was aimed to develop appropriate educational activities prepared with creative drama method for the theoretical subjects of music, to eliminate the unwillingness of students towards these subjects, to facilitate the learning of information about music theory, to make learning fun and permanent, and to provide the student to learn voluntarily. In this study; For the determined purpose, creative drama method was applied in the teaching of theoretical knowledge of the 4th grade musical perception and information learning field in the 2018-2019 Academic Year Music Course Education Program of the Ministry of Education. The study was carried out by experimental method. The study group consists of 80 students, including 40 students in the Samsun Mimarsinan Primary School, an experimental group and 40 students in the control group. While the subjects pertaining to the musical perception and information learning area were taught by the classroom teacher with the traditional (classical) teaching method in the control group, the experimental group was taught by the researcher using the creative drama method. The pre-test and post-test post-test music course success scale was applied to both groups. With the results obtained from the scale, the effect of creative drama method on students' achievements towards the music lesson was investigated. As a result, it was found that creative drama method had a positive effect on students ' achievements, there was no significant difference according to gender, and the effect on students' achievement levels was 'enormous'.

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