scholarly journals Multimedia-Aided Instruction in Teaching Grade Four Science and Health: Its Effect on Pupils’ Performance and Attitude Towards Multimedia Use in the Classroom

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Virlen O. Galope

This study is focused on the effects of multimedia aided instructions in Grade 4 Science and health pupils’ performance and attitude towards multimedia. Specifically this study sought to explore the multimedia aided instruction on the learning environment of the grade four pupils’ performance in science and health. Two intact classes in grade 4 were exposed to multimedia aided instructions. The difference in gain scores produced by integrating multimedia in Science and Health 4 classes and those produced by conventional method of teaching was investigated in this quasi experimental research.  Results indicated that using the multimedia in the classes produced significant improvement in the performance of the pupils in Science and Health, but not in the other, which is congruent with most other results for this strategy of teaching found in the literature. Follow-up survey of attitudes of 86 pupils towards the use of multimedia in the classroom provided additional evidence for its positive effect in the teaching learning process. The pupils’ attitudes towards their class were positive about the potential for multimedia and enthusiastic about what this would mean in learning Science and Health. Utilizing multimedia seemed to affect the teachers’ personal and professional growth. Teachers expect to develop their technological skills and knowledge to use multimedia in their classrooms. Pedagogical issues challenge the teachers’ approaches in the teaching and learning. Keywords - Multimedia Integration, Effect on Pupils Performance, Attitude of Pupils towards Multimedia in the Classroom, quasi-experimental design, Philippines

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 4507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hüsna Özveren ◽  
Hülya Uçar

Aim: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of oral care provided suction toothbrush, suction sponge stick and sponge stick in patients receiving mechanical ventilation.Material and method: The study was conducted as a quasi-experimental study. Thirty patients who were over 18 years of age and receiving mechanical ventilation comprised the study sample. The patients who met the inclusion criteria were divided into three groups: the suction toothbrush group, the suction sponge stick group and the sponge stick group. The patients in the three groups were provided oral care by the researcher twice a day at 12-hour intervals for 5 days. To collect the data, the socio-demographic characteristics form, the patient follow-up form, the Oral Assessment Follow-up Form and the microbiological follow-up form were used.Results: The comparison of the patients’ mean scores obtained from the oral assessment scale on the 1st and 6th days in terms of oral care tools revealed a statistically significant difference (p <0.05). The difference was due to the scores of the suction-toothbrush group.Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that oral care performed regularly on the basis of a standard protocol had a positive effect on the oral mucosa health, and that the suction toothbrush was particularly the most effective oral care tool for the protection and maintenance of the oral mucosa health.Extended English abstract is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetAmaç: Araştırma mekanik ventilatöre bağlı hastalarda sakşınlı diş fırçası, sakşınlı süngerli çubuk ve süngerli çubukla verilen ağız bakımının etkisini incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.Materyal Metot: Araştırma, yarı deneysel olarak yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini, 18 yaşından büyük ve mekanik ventilatöre bağlı olan 30 hasta oluşturmuştur. Örneklem kriterlerine uyan hastalar sakşınlı diş fırçası, sakşınlı süngerli çubuk, süngerli çubuk olmak üzere üç gruba ayrılmıştır. Araştırmacı tarafından, her üç grupta yer alan hastalara 5 gün boyunca günde 2 kez 12 saat aralıklarla ağız bakımı verilmiştir. Verilerin toplanmasında; hastalara ait tanıtıcı özellikler formu, hasta izlem formu, ağız değerlendirme izlem formu ve mikrobiyolojik izlem formu kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Hastaların ağız bakım araçlarına göre 1. gün ve 6. gün ağız değerlendirme ölçeği puan ortalamaları karşılaştırıldığında aradaki fark istatistiksel olarak önemli bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Farklılığın sakşınlı diş fırçası grubundan kaynaklandığı saptanmıştır.Sonuç: Bu çalışmada, standart bir protokolle yapılan düzenli ağız bakımının ağız mukoza sağlığını olumlu etkilediği ayrıca sakşınlı diş fırçasının ağız sağlığının korunması ve sürdürülmesinde en etkili ağız bakım aracı olduğu belirlenmiştir.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salmauwati Salmauwati ◽  
Muhamad Agus Wibowo ◽  
Dedeh Kurniasih

ABSTRACTThis study was initiated by the students’ low learning outcomes on Chemistry subject and the teachers’ preference in using lecture method in teaching learning process.This study aimed at 1) finding out the differences of students’ learning outcomes between the use of flash media-assisted practical method and lecture method on hydrocarbon class at grade XI MIA of SMA Muhammadiyah I Pontianak. Using quasi experimental design and Control Group Posttes Design, this study employed the students of grade XI MIA 2 as the samples of experiment group, andthe students of grade XI MIA 2 as the samples of control group. The data collection techniques used were measurement and observation. While the instruments employed were observation sheet and essay. TheU-Mann Whitneytest revealed that the post test score of 0,0140< 0,05 Ho was rejected, while the Ha one was accepted. It means that there was correlation of students’ learning outcomes between the experiment and the control groups. In addition, the effect size result was 1,086 > 0,8 and considered high which indicated the positive effect of flash media-assisted practical method in enhancing students’ learning achievement.Keywords: flash, learning outcomes, hydrocarbon, practical method


Author(s):  
Cristine Martins Gomes de Gusmão ◽  
Josiane Lemos Machiavelli ◽  
Patricia Smith Cavalcante

This chapter describes how a public university has met the challenge of changing inside the educational culture and preparing its teachers to manage online teaching-learning processes using learning analytics to contribute to the design, evaluation, and improvement of SMOOC. From the results obtained with a survey answered by the teachers, a twenty-hour class SMOOC was developed that focuses on instrumental aspects of digital technological resources in the teaching and learning contexts, as well as in the pedagogical issues, which concern the appropriate use of digital technologies. The findings of this research demonstrate that the SMOOC has been able to meet the teacher training needs, which are changing the way they work since remote education has been the viable alternative to guarantee the functioning of the university in the coronavirus pandemic period. However, it is believed that the knowledge that teachers are acquiring will contribute to changes in professional practice even post-pandemic.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Roberto Cesar Reis da Costa

The focus of this paper is to propose an evaluation tool to assess the teaching-learning process of Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) to hearing students in Higher Education. The current Brazilian laws dealing with the accessibility of the deaf and the teaching of Libras will be concisely posited and argued, and after that an overview on linguistic aspects of Libras will be highlighted prior to discussing the teaching of this language as a Second Language (L2). Also, it will be discussed briefly the relevance of using strategies to Libras teaching as L2 and then the proposal to evaluate teaching and learning processes of the language at stake will be finally described. As a conclusion, developing tools as well as presenting proposals for the teaching of sign languages might be ways to highlight and discuss pedagogical issues about the teaching of the sign languages. The paper outcomes are useful for scholars and learners who are researching and implementing tools for Libras teaching as L2.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 1142-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drishti Sharma ◽  
Krista R. Mehari ◽  
Jugal Kishore ◽  
Nandini Sharma ◽  
Mona Duggal

A quasi-experimental study was conducted in the eighth grade of two public schools located in Central Delhi. Two classes (95 participants) in the intervention school and three classes (108 participants) in the comparison school participated. The brief intervention was implemented across four 2-hour sessions for 1 month in the intervention school. Self-reported violence behavior (bullying, fighting, and victimization) was measured at baseline, posttest, and a 6-month follow-up in both schools. Students and teachers also provided feedback regarding feasibility and acceptability. The difference-in-difference analyses indicated nonphysical aggression, physical aggression, and victimization were significantly lower in the intervention group vis-à-vis comparison group at the 6-month follow-up, but not at baseline or immediate posttest, suggesting sleeper effects. Qualitative feedback indicated that the intervention was acceptable to students and suggested that implementation quality was a key to program effectiveness. These findings suggest that the intervention may curtail the increase in violent behavior in early adolescence.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-204
Author(s):  
Fitrana Harintama

This study concerns about teaching writing, especially writing narrative text by using picture prompts as media. Picture prompts are believed can make the students relax to study and can encourage them to begin to write. Picture prompts have many advantages in teaching and learning writing. Related to the objective of the study, the aim of this study is to find whether picture prompts can help the students to get higher scores or not. This research will be done in UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang in Arabic Language and Literature Department with the research object of class A for experimental group and class B for control group. The objective of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of using picture prompts in writing class in helping students write narrative texts. The quasi-experimental research design will be used in writing this research. This research design was chosen because it was impossible for the researcher to randomize the subjects to the intended conditions. This was due to the fact that moving the students from one class to another in order to get the ideal groups for the sake of the experiment was not allowed. As the study deals with the students of two different classes, the explanation about teaching-learning processes will be applied to it. In the processes, the researcher will conduct pretest to know the students’ writing ability before getting treatment of writing narrative using picture prompts. After the treatment, the researcher conducts posttest to compare the result and to discover whether the students get higher score or not. Then the results of the research between two subjects will be analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for The Social Science) data analysis of group pair data.   Keywords: Picture Prompts, Narrative Text, Writing


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabiya Saboowala ◽  
Pooja Manghirmalani-Mishra

Abstract Blended learning is the application of Information and Communication Technology in the instructional designs and processes in such a way that it can support and complement face-to-face delivery models effectively. It offers the teachers and the students to get access to information-rich resources anywhere and anytime. It also has the potential to ensure educational equity for all learners with complete transparency of rendering education to the community of learners. Today, blended learning has become the need of the hour looking into the aspects of global pandemic of COVID-19 and implementation of Education 4.0. The study consists of 313 in-service teachers from India belonging to various types of Educational Institutions. Simple random technique of sampling was used to collect data. The interaction effect of gender and teachers who have attended/conducted webinars/ workshops/ conferences/FDPs online or not on their attitude towards blended learning and its six dimensions viz. learning flexibility, online learning, study management, technology, classroom learning and online interaction was studied. Also, the interaction between the effects of highest educational qualification of teachers and teachers who have attended/conducted webinars/workshops/conferences/FDPs online or not on their attitude towards Blended Learning and its six dimensions was considered. Analysis for the testing research hypothesis was done using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS-26). The results indicated that there was an interaction between gender and teachers who have or have not conducted/attended webinars/conferences online towards blended learning and online learning dimension. Results also showed that based on the interaction effect of the highest qualification of the teacher and the teachers who have actually implemented teaching and learning through online line sessions varied in their attitude as far as study management and classroom environment was considered. Implementation of blended learning for professional growth of school teachers post pandemic will push the boundaries of learning by creating opportunities for collaboration of various educational societies throughout the globe, enhance constructivist learning and also help in following social norms set to fight against COVID-19.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 2928
Author(s):  
Monika Szafarowska ◽  
Magdalena Biela ◽  
Joanna Wichowska ◽  
Kamil Sobociński ◽  
Agnieszka Segiet-Święcicka ◽  
...  

Due to an increasing number of cesarean section deliveries, the common consequences of that surgery are observed more often in the population. One of them is the uterine cesarean scar defect known as niche or isthmocele. Most patients with that aliment are asymptomatic, but some of them can report abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic pain, subfertility which can be the reason for reduced quality of life (QoL) of the patients. In our study, we analyzed the subjective feelings of changes in the severity of symptoms and quality of life of women with niche after diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy. The patients n = 85 included in the study group completed a follow up questionnaire six months after the procedure. Patients after operative hysteroscopy in comparison to patients after diagnostic procedure reported statistically significant reduction in post-menstruation bleeding/spotting and improvement in the quality of sexual activity. We have also noticed a higher pregnancy rate in the operative group, however, the difference was not statistically significant. According to our study, most women reported a positive effect of hysteroscopy on their QoL in social, psychological, environmental, and health domains.


2008 ◽  
pp. 91-107
Author(s):  
Deepti Garg ◽  
Marilyn B. Lee ◽  
George Anderson ◽  
O.T. Eyotayo ◽  
A. Ayo

Teaching large classes (>100 students) is a challenge. This study explored various instructional methods to determine which were most effective for large classes and developed guidelines for engaging students in learning in skills courses. A quasi-experimental design study with a control and treatment groups was conducted. The treatment group participated in a teaching learning strategy, which was designed to stimulate engagement of students through active and collaborative learning. These activities were developed based on the anecdotal accounts in the literature and consisted of Written Ground Rules for the course and in-class activities. The data analysis indicated that the teaching strategies used with the treatment group made a difference in the area of student satisfaction, assessment, learning abilities, development and practical application of computer and information skills and use of online tools. The study validated the effectiveness of this instrumental method in large class. Findings from the student satisfaction element of the study are reported in this paper. The study findings indicate that student engagement and deep learning is achieved through an active and collaborative approach that requires the student to engage with the subject of study.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiyak Wiyak ◽  
Irpan Subhan Ansori

This study focuses on Think-Talk-Write Strategy in teaching descriptive text to improve students’ writing ability. The objectives of this study are (1) to find out the students’ writing ability of the tenth grade students of MAN Demak in academic year 2014/2015 who were taught by using Think-Talk-Write (TTW). (2) to find out the students’ writing ability of the tenth grade students of MAN Demak in academic year 2014/2015 who were taught without using Think-Talk-Write (TTW). (3) to find out whether or not there was a significant difference of writing ability between the tenth grade students of MAN Demak in academic year 2014/2015 who were taught with Think-Talk-Write (TTW) strategy and without Think-Talk-Write (TTW). The research was Quasi-Experimental research. The subject of the study was the tenth grade students of MAN Demak. Cluster sampling is used in taking the sample. 40 students from class X-5 were selected as the experiment group and 40 students from class X-1 as the control group. The t-test was used to analyze the data. Experiment research was used here to get the data. The pre-test was given to the students on both of groups. After that, the difference treatment was given in experimental group. At the end of the research, the post-test was given to both of groups. The count of the mean score of the experimental class was 79.95 and the count of mean score of the control class was 76.17. It shows that teaching descriptive text by using Think-Talk-Write (TTW) Strategy gave better result as indicated significant statistical t-test computation, that the t-table value (t5% = 2.03 and t1% = 2.80) is less than t0 = 13.09 (2.03<13.09>2.80). It could be seen that there is a significant difference in writing ability of the tenth grade students of MAN Demak after being taught using Think-Talk-Write (TTW) Strategy. The researcher offers some suggestions in this research. The school should give good facilities and many strategies for teaching and learning process. For the teacher, the teacher should give variation teaching especially using new techniques and strategies in teaching descriptive text to improve students’ writing ability. For the students, the students have to do more active, confident and creative.


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