Impact of Using Edmodo as a Blended Learning Strategy on Promoting Early Childhood Care Education and Pre-Service Teachers Academic Achievement in Mathematics
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Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Care Education, Edmodo, Mathematics, Pre-Service TeachersAbstract
The study examines Impact of Using Edmodo as a Blended Learning Strategy on Promoting Early Childhood Care Education Pre-Service Teachers Academic Achievement in Mathematics. Based on the purpose of the study three hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised of six hundred and three (603) pre-service teachers. A sample of two hundred and thirty-five (235) Pre-service teachers was selected. The study adopted non-randomized pretest-posttest Quasi-experimental design. “Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) was used to collect data for this study. The reliability co-efficient(r) of 0.86 obtained using kuder-Richardson 2O method. Data collected were analyzed using ANCOVA to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that revealed that Edmodo as a blended learning strategy enhanced pre-service teacher’s achievement in mathematics bridged the gap between difference level of achievers and reduced gender achievement gaps in mathematics.it was recommended that Mathematics teachers at the tertiary school level should employ Edmodo learning approach in teaching to enhanced learners; achievement.
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