From Teaching to Learning

Authors

  • Gabriela Kelemen „Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad

Keywords:

activemethods, learning efficiency, expectation

Abstract

This study examined the effectiveness of
educational methods - Learning by Using Active Methods
- on improving the student’s learning efficiency. We deal
with less homogeneous university classes since a part of
our students are teenagers coming from high schools and a
part are of different ages coming from the educational
system. Therefore to understand students as learners and to
improve their abilities as learner are required. Our study
tried to emphasize how students perform in each practice
of a knowledge component. We try to find optimal
learning methods by using different strategies, in order to
improve students’ learning efficiency. With a control
group design, we analyzed the learning performance of
Study programme Primary and Preschool Pedagogy
students participating in the Optimized Learning Teaching
study. Results were compared to students participating in
traditional learning without using modern methods.
Analyses indicated that students in the optimized condition
are more interested in study and their motivation grows.
There was significant difference in the learning
performance of the two groups in either an immediate post
test or a two-week-later retention test.

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Published

2018-08-10