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Erschienen in: Education and Information Technologies 2/2022

28.08.2021

Web-based discussions in teaching and learning: Secondary school teachers’ and students’ perception and potentiality to enhance students’ performance in organic chemistry

verfasst von: Aloys Iyamuremye, Janvier Mukiza, Ezechiel Nsabayezu, Fidele Ukobizaba, Kizito Ndihokubwayo

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Abstract

The current work explores the secondary school teachers’ and students’ perception on web-based discussions in teaching and learning and its potentiality to enhance students’ performance in organic chemistry. A mixed approaches typically interviews and achievement tests were applied for collecting qualitative and quantitative data respectively for triangulation purpose. A total of 138 senior five students and 4 teachers were purposively selected from the two secondary schools at Kicukiro District in Kigali city, Rwanda. Discourse and interpretive approaches were used to analyze qualitative data, while t-test was used for analyzing quantitative data obtained from pre- and post-test scores. The results from this study revealed that applying web-based discussions is the teaching method that potentially and effectively enhances students’ performance in organic chemistry with 0.10 learning gains and an effect size of 0.43 (df = 137 and p < .05). In addition, students and teachers have been expressed positive perceptions to the application of web-based discussions in teaching and learning. Therefore, teachers and students are recommended to access a universal chemistry network and conduct web-based discussions for increasing students performance in organic chemistry.

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Metadaten
Titel
Web-based discussions in teaching and learning: Secondary school teachers’ and students’ perception and potentiality to enhance students’ performance in organic chemistry
verfasst von
Aloys Iyamuremye
Janvier Mukiza
Ezechiel Nsabayezu
Fidele Ukobizaba
Kizito Ndihokubwayo
Publikationsdatum
28.08.2021
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Education and Information Technologies / Ausgabe 2/2022
Print ISSN: 1360-2357
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7608
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10725-7

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