Courseware development model (CDM): The effects of CDM on primary school pre-service teachers' achievements and attitudes

Efendioglu A.

COMPUTERS & EDUCATION, cilt.59, sa.2, ss.687-700, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.03.015
  • Dergi Adı: COMPUTERS & EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.687-700
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The main purpose of this study is to design a "Courseware Development Model" (CDM) and investigate its effects on pre-service teachers' academic achievements in the field of geography and attitudes toward computer-based education (ATCBE). The CDM consisted of three components: content (C), learning theory, namely, meaningful learning (ML), and multimedia (M). The CDM is designed to show the synthesis of the C and M components under ML In this study, an experimental design including pre-test and post-test groups is used to define the efficiency of the CDM. There are 31 pre-service teachers in the control group, 28 pre-service teachers in the meaningful learning theory group-ML, and 30 pre-service teachers in GTC group that uses geography teaching courseware-GTC based on the CDM. The results of the analysis indicate that the courseware is quite effective, improving pre-service teachers' academic achievements as well as their ATCBE scores. The results also suggest that the new model has an appropriate structure for courseware design. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

The main purpose of this study is to design a "Courseware Development Model" (CDM) and investigate its effects on pre-service teachers' academicachievements in the field of geography and attitudes toward computer-based education (ATCBE). The CDM consisted of three components: content (C), learning theory, namely, meaningful learning (ML), and multimedia (M). The CDM is designed to show the synthesis of the C and M components under ML In this study, an experimental design including pre-test and post-test groups is used to define the efficiency of the CDM. There are 31 pre-service teachers in thecontrol group, 28 pre-service teachers in the meaningful learning theory group-ML, and 30 pre-service teachers in GTC group that uses geography teachingcourseware-GTC based on the CDM. The results of the analysis indicate that the courseware is quite effective, improving pre-service teachers' academicachievements as well as their ATCBE scores. The results also suggest that the new model has an appropriate structure for courseware design. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.