Effect of the Technology-Supported Learning on the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students
A Posttest only Controlled Group Experiment research was used to explore the effect of teaching through the technology-supported environment on learners' performance. Students of Biology group Grade IX, (n = 177), from public schools of Karachi, participated in the experimental research for 20 weeks in the year 2016-17. The technology supported learning was intervened in the experiment group whereas, a conventional teaching was intervened in the controlled group. The annual examination's 2017 result was examined and scores of both experimental and controlled participants were compared by the independent sample t-test. The data analysis showed a noteworthy variance in the scores of controlled and experiment batch. The students studying in a technology-supported
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Technology-Supported Learning, Child as a Digital Explorer, Teacher as a Digital Immigrant, 21st Century Learning Skill
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(1) Asma Afzal
Senior Headmistress,Education and Social Sciences Department,Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan.
(2) Martin Thomas
Head,Education and Social Sciences Department,Iqra University, Karachi Pakistan.
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APA : Afzal, A., & Thomas, M. (2019). Effect of the Technology-Supported Learning on the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students. Global Regional Review, IV(II), 280-289. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-II).30
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CHICAGO : Afzal, Asma, and Martin Thomas. 2019. "Effect of the Technology-Supported Learning on the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students." Global Regional Review, IV (II): 280-289 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-II).30
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