A STUDY OF TE CONTRIBUTION OF TECNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN TEACING BIOLOGY TO GRADE NINE STUDENTS
Abstract
- This research was conducted with the purpose of studying the contribution of technology integration in teaching biology to Grade Nine students. In this study, both the qualitative and quantitative research methods were used to study the contribution of technology integration. The posttest only control group design was used to compare the achievement between the students who were taught by integrating technology and those who were not. After administering a posttest, a set of attitude questionnaires was used to know the students’ attitudes towards technology integration in teaching biology. For the qualitative study, biology teachers were interviewed to know their perspectives on the technology integration in the classroom. From Grade Nine biology textbook, Chapter (V), Variety of Living Organisms, the first five sub-topics of the topic, A Bony Fish, were selected as the learning materials. The result of the posttest showed that the achievement of the students who were taught by integrating technology was significantly higher than that of the students who were not. The results of No.4, Basic Education High School, Sanchaung was (t = 3.764, df = 50, MD = 7.08, p< .01) and that of No.6, Basic Education High School, Insein was (t = 4.315, df = 68, MD = 10.63, p< .001). Furthermore, the students who used technology as a learning tool in their study showed positive attitudes towards the integration of technology. The interview results showed that the teachers are willing to integrate technology in their classroom but they have some difficulties in using it in the classroom. They also admitted that if they were given opportunity, they would like to receive training in using technology in the classroom.
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Year
- 2018
Author
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Thandar Oo
Subject
- Methodology
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)