The effect of using electronic content in online education on academic performance, academic motivation and academic vitality of elementary school students in Corona pandemic

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

ali shirdel ¹ (Master of Educational Technology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran)
mojtaba rezaei rad ² (Department of Educational Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran)

Received: 2021-09-12 Accepted : 2022-06-06 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: Academic Performance, Online education, Academic motivation, e-content, academic vitality,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the use of electronic content in online education on academic performance, academic motivation and academic vitality of elementary school students during the outbreak and corona epidemic, using a quasi-experimental method with a control group. The statistical population of all sixth grade elementary school students in Miandrood City in the academic year 2020-2021 was 20 people selected by simple random sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental (10 people) and control (10 people) Were selected as. The instruments for measuring variables were standard questionnaires of academic performance by (pham, taylor 1999), academic motivation (Harter, 1980) and academic vitality (Martin, Marsh 2006). One-variable analysis of covariance (ANCO) showed that the use of electronic content in online education has an effect on students' academic performance, academic motivation and academic vitality. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that the effect of using electronic content in online education on academic vitality (Effect size: 0.76) was greater. In the next ranks are academic motivation (Effect size: 0.74) and academic performance (Effect size: 0.73), respectively. The results show that in order to improve and improve each of the variables of academic performance, academic motivation and academic vitality in elementary school students, electronic content can be used in online education.

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