Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 M.A. student, Department of Educational Management, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 Faculty member, Department of Educational Management, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of group discussion teaching and lecture teaching methods in the Pedagogy subject on students' academic performance at district 1 of Ahvaz Technical and Vocational School. The study community included all learners studying at vocational and technical school in district 1 of Ahvaz in the educational year 1398-99. A sample of 30 people without sampling method was selected and they were randomly divided into two groups including 15 participants. Hence, experimental research design was pre-test - post-test without control group, moreover, the research tools included a researcher-made academic performance scale.  In addition, one-way ANCOVA analysis of variance was used. According to the results, there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of group discussion teaching method and lecture teaching method of pedagogy curriculum on academic performance studying at vocational and technical school. The performance scores of learners of vocational schools became significantly increased in group discussion teaching method compared to the lecture teaching method.

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