A Comparative Study of the Effects of Three Blended Learning Scenarios in Promoting Health Knowledge Level among Elementary Students

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Hossein Mahdizadeh ¹ (Assistant Professor, Ilam University)
Roghieh Fathi ² (M. A. Graduated of Educational Technology, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah Branch)

Received: 2013-04-25 Accepted : 2014-01-02 Published : 2013-04-01

Keywords: Health Teaching, Blended Teaching, Simple Conceptual Maps, Complex Conceptual Maps, Digital Multimedia,

Abstract :

This study has been conducted in a quasi-experimental design with pre-test post-test approach to compare the effects of three blended learning scenarios in promoting health information and knowledge among elementary students of Ilam in 2013. To do so, three classes were selected randomly in one of the male elementary schools and each class was randomly assigned to one of the three groups: teaching with use of digital multimedia and simple conceptual maps, complex conceptual maps, and the popular method (lecture, discussion, and question and answer). One way analysis of Variance and LSD test were used for data analysis. The results of the study indicated that there was a significant difference between learning levels of health information and knowledge of the three groups, and Eta coefficient revealed that the type of teaching method accounts for 6 percent of learning variance and 9 percent of knowledge variance. Besides, LSD test results revealed that blending teaching methods using digital multimedia and simple conceptual maps proved to be more effective than the other two methods in increasing students’ level  of health knowledge.

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