COMPARISON OF STUDENT SUCCESS IN DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY-BASED CLASSROOMS

Abstract

Department of Aerospace Technology faculty questioned whether students were benefiting from the new technology that came with the opening of a new state-of-the-art classroom facility. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare scores of students using advanced technology course delivery methods with the scores of the students using the older course delivery methods as measured by overall class final scores. Two groups of students were presented identical lessons, one via traditional methods delivery. The other group received instruction using all classroom technology options available. The same instructor provided instruction to both groups. The results of the study support the alternative hypothesis in that there was a statistically significant difference at the .05 level between the students’ mean grades using the two different course delivery methods at the two facilities. Students who received the same teaching materials but using the newer technology showed a statistically significant higher score as compared to those students who competed the same course work using the traditional methods.