An Experimental Study to Compare the Effectiveness of Teaching through Web-Conferencing and Messaging-app on Achievement of Pupil Teachers

Authors

  • Dr. Anuradha Aggarwal Assistant Professor, S.D. P.G. College, Ghaziabad

Keywords:

web-conferencing, messaging-app, communication, mobile-assisted learning

Abstract

Web-conferencing and messaging-app are means of communication that can be easily accessed from anywhere. Purpose of the study is to find effective teaching communication technology for online teaching between Web-Conferencing And messaging-app for pupil teachers. For this study fifty B.Ed. Ist year pupil teachers of S.D.(P.G.) College, Ghaziabad were purposively selected. Experimental and control groups were taught the Vth unit of subject ‘Growing up as learners’ for 25 days for 45 mins. Pupil teachers' achievements were measured through a test made by the investigator. The study revealed that teaching through web-conferencing and messaging-app are effective mediums of teaching for teaching pupil teachers. It reveals that teaching through web-conferencing is comparatively more effective than that of messaging-app. The study clarifies the confusion of selection of communication technology in times of necessity to use an online tool . Henceforth, web-conferencing should be selected as first preference over messaging-app.

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31-12-2020

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Dr. Anuradha Aggarwal. (2020). An Experimental Study to Compare the Effectiveness of Teaching through Web-Conferencing and Messaging-app on Achievement of Pupil Teachers. International Journal for Research Publication and Seminar, 11(4), 157–164. Retrieved from https://jrps.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/1211

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