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Using problem-based learning to increase computer self-efficacy in Taiwanese students.
- Source :
- Interactive Learning Environments; May2017, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p329-342, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- In Taiwan, teaching focuses around lecturing, with students having little opportunity to interact with each other. Problem-based learning (PBL) is a means of instruction where students learn the subject by being active participants in the pedagogical process, with the emphasis on problem-solving. In this study, the authors investigated whether PBL would enhance self-efficacy better than common lecturing with children who had little access to technology outside of school. Two sixth-grade computer classes, both with 32 students in each and both located in the mountainous regions of eastern Taiwan, served as participants. A quasi-experimental, non-equivalent control group design was used with one class utilizing PBL principles, while the other used traditional lecturing. A pre-/posttest was administered, using the General Self-Efficacy Scale with data analysis employing the Mann–Whitney test and Pearson Goodness-of-Fit. The results indicated that PBL is superior to lecturing, with respect to an increase in computer self-efficacy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10494820
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Interactive Learning Environments
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121980908
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2015.1127818