Effectiveness of educational software on students and rate of learning of the students in the 6th grade of elementary school

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• S Masoudi
• H SHafe zadeh

Abstract

This research has been performed to study the effectiveness of educational software on the rate of learning of the students.Method of Research: semi-experimental with pretest– posttest plan with test and witness groups. The statistical society included all the students in the 6^th grade of elementary school in Pakdasht i.e. 100 sixth grade students in five elementary schools and the sample of the research according to Morgan Table included 80 students (40 in the test group and 40 in the witness group); 35 of them were male students and 45 of them were female students chosen randomly.The instrument used was the educational software and written exam of the relevant courses. In order to study the hypothesis of research and analysis of the gained results, the data were analyzed by the Covariance Method (ancova) and the findings showed that the educational software was effective in learning Mathematics, Persian Language and Koran.

Keywords

• Educational Software
• learning

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