العربية
Author Name: ALI TAHER ALSAYED ALSHOBBAR
Description:
The current study aimed to investigate and assess the effect of the Virtual Laboratory on the performance, attitude and motivation of the Microbiology enrolled female students at the College of Basic Education and Training, Kuwait State 2009-2010.
Randomization of the sample was not an option, so the study included only the available sample, which was one hundred twenty seven female students who enrolled in the subject of Microbiology at the College of Basic Education and Training, Kuwait, in the academic year of 2009-2010. The available sample was grouped into a control and experimental groups as they enrolled in the subject, and were tested on two different semesters, each on a different semester for some validity considerations and to increase the sample size. The research instruments included: the microbiology laboratory final practical exam, and Performance Assessment sheet that included the elements of motivation, attitude and performance adapted from Timothy Ryan (1993).
The virtual laboratory was implemented for 10 laboratory experiments that were delivered to the students via a data show presentation twice a week, once at the end of the lecture on the theoretical part of the course and once before the actual experiment takes place.
Data analysis of microbiology laboratory final practical exam revealed that the performance variable has significantly improved for the experimental group than that of the control group. Whereas the data analysis for the Performance Assessment sheet showed that all dependant variables were affected positively by the virtual laboratory but in different margins; the performance variable was affected significantly better than the other two dependant variables, motivation and attitude.
Reference: ALSHOBBAR, A. T. (2010). Effect of Virtual Science Laboratories on Students’ Performance, Attitudes and Motivation Towards Learning Biological Sciences. Kingdom of Bahrain: Arabian Gulf University.