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Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Will things "return to normal" when the COVID-19 issue is resolved, or will
there be a continued boom in online education? Regardless of the effects of COVID-
19, a moment of crisis is a chance for all educational institutions to look to the future.
Digital technology in mathematics instruction has excellent potential. It gives
students quick access to knowledge, rapid learning, and enjoyable chances to put
what they've learned into practice. It helps them to deepen their knowledge and to
learn new lessons. Students can benefit from education technology by making
learning more interesting and collaborative. Students learn through doing and using
critical thinking rather than memorization. Teachers use videos, animations,
captivating movies, and other forms of media in the educational process to aid in the
development of student’s abilities and understandings of students. Additionally, it can
encourage and enthuse the students about their academic progress.
This use of technology can promote fear and stress, and it also sends
inaccurate messages about the purpose of mathematics. Math is about
thinking deeply, discovering patterns, and making connections. Automaticity
with math facts and math skills is critical, but how we get students to
automaticity matters. A focus on memorization without understanding
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promotes a joyless, nonsensical form of mathematics that requires
remembering a large amount of seemingly disconnected information. In
addition, technology that simply transfers a gradual release—the “I do, we
do, you do” structure—to an online format is a form of passive learning that
strips math of student agency and rigor. Although gradually releasing
responsibility is an effective model in other content areas, in mathematics
this model is best flipped to give students the agency to decide what
strategies they want to use and how they might solve a problem. We need
them to problem solve rather than learn to repeat a specific list of
procedures given by the teacher. Problem-solving skills are more valuable
than memorization, and they’re the true work of mathematicians. If we’re
integrating technology into our classrooms to engage students in real-world
experiences, our students must be given opportunities to do real
mathematics. (George Lucas, 2022)
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References:
https://ivypanda.com/essays/the-impact-of-technology-on-the-learning-and-
teaching-of-mathematics/
https://www.edutopia.org/article/effective-technology-use-math-class
https://isif.asia/tackling-math-with-technology-in-the-philippines/
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
HYPOTHESIS
This study tested the hypothesis with 0.896 level of significance. There's
significant relationship between effectiveness of blended learning and students’
engagement during internship of education college students.
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THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
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Presented in Figure 1 is the conceptual framework of the study. The
independent variable is the blended learning with the indicators in terms of student
satisfaction, course satisfaction and grades, student perceptions of convenience and
grades, and student engagement and grades. The dependent variable is the
students’ engagement during internship with the indicators in terms of affective liking
for learning, behavior, effort, and persistent and cognitive.
Blended
Students’ Engagement
Learning
During Internship
- Student Satisfaction,
- Affective Liking for
Course Satisfaction and Learning
Grades - Behavior, Effort, and
- Student Perceptions Persistent
of Convenience and - Cognitive
Grades
-Student Engagement
and grades
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SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY
For school administrators, department heads and subject instructors, this study
will serve as a tool for them to be able to provide adequate support to every student
to facilitate more effective of blended learning. It provides extensive ideas that are
beneficial in terms of instructional decision-making and helping students in coping
with blended learning.
For parents, this study will serve as a guide for them to be able to understand
the supplication of every student toward blended education. And for them to make
some adjustments for their children’s convenience.
For future researchers, this will help them expound the discussion of their
specific problem as the theories in this study can be used as a reference for their
research. Any relevant ideas that show the relationship between this research and
their study would support their findings.
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For those who didn’t experience the said situation, any information found in this
study will give them a wider and clearer understanding of blended learning. This
study will give them at least an idea and awareness that might be helpful to their
family and friends who are experiencing the same situation.
The study was limited only to those 19 graduate students in Holy Cross
College of Sasa, Inc. were participants in Bachelor of Secondary Education Batch
2021-2022. The main purpose of this study is to point out the effectiveness of
blended learning in relation to students’ engagement during internship of college
education students. Results from the study may serve as a tool for them to take
action with the supplications of every student’s engagement during their internship
towards the effectiveness of blended learning.
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DEFINITION OF TERMS
The following terms are defined operationally for a better understanding of the
terminologies:
Blended Learning
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have connected better academic achievement and it has frequently shown to be a
factor in student engagement dependable determinant of conduct and academic
performance in schools (Appleton, Christenson, & Furlong, 2008; Schmidt &
Shernoff, 2008).
The review of related literature discuses, blended learning’s effectivity, and its
indicators. It further covers the factors and quality of education towards blended
learning. With the given literature reviews, readers will have broader ideas and may
be applicable to preservice teachers as participants of this study.
BLENDED LEARNING
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added that it is the integration of multiple teaching means, teaching media, teaching
environments.
The literature on student satisfaction in online courses is less clear than that
on active learning. While some studies have found that learner-centered activities
are important for student satisfaction in online courses (Ellis & Cohen, 2006),
Cuthrell and Lyon's (2007) recent study contradicts this finding. It was discovered
that students preferred a combination of instructional strategies that included both
active and passive modes of instruction.
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B. Student Perceptions of Convenience and Grades
Based on the study, high achievers thought that blended learning compared
to low-achieving students, learning offered greater convenience and reduced travel
time and costs. It is difficult to interpret this finding. Certain research findings indicate
that students frequently appreciate flexibility in time and location as well as a better
degree of self-control. These benefits, which are typically built-in to online or mixed
learning environments give students more flexibility, balancing work and family
commitments while keeping their jobs (Ashton & Elliott, 2007; Fleck, 2012; Poon,
2012; Smyth et al., 2012) could assist students in quickening their learning in the
direction of earning their degree (Reiss & Steffens, 2010). It's possible that blended
courses' efficiency and adaptability are appealing to pupils who excel because of the
format enabling people to utilize their time more effectively by participating in.
Academic work is done when students are not enrolled in classes on campus. On
low achievers, on the other hand, might think about the moment when they do not
interact in class and pretend that it is just leisure time was only called off.
Furthermore, research has shown that student perceptions are more accurate
predictors of student learning outcomes than other approaches, such as outside
observations or teachers' subjective assessments of their own teaching practices
(Maulana et al., 2015). The validity and reliability of student ratings are somewhat
compromised despite the fact that it is a more cost-effective way since student
assessments typically reflect their expectations for the teacher (Mateo, 2000; De
Jong and Westerhof, 2001; Maulana et al., 2015; Van der Lans et al., 2015).
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Besides, other definitions of engagement include "the process by which
institutions and sector bodies make deliberate attempts to involve and empower
students in the process of shaping the learning experience" (HEFCE 2008) or
"Institutional and Student Union (SU) processes and practices, such as those
relating to student representation and student feedback, that seek to inform and
enhance the collective student learning experience, a process that involves both
institutional and SU processes and practices" (Little, Locke Scesa & Williams 2009).
The internship student teachers, studies report that this was a very
challenging task for teacher education institutions since the internship was not
possible (Cho & Clark-Gareca, 2020). While there is a dearth of investigations
documenting the internship during the pandemic, there are several of significance in
the present investigation. Debrah et al. (2021) used semi-structured interviews with
student teachers from Ghana and found out that online teaching was deemed
ineffective due to the lack of infrastructure, cost of internet data, and poor internet
connectivity. They also argue the importance of student satisfaction as a factor in
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course design as well as assessment and evaluation measures are important factors
in determining the effectiveness of online learning.
The term "affective involvement" describes how students feel about his peers,
teachers, school, and learning (for instance, the student feels favorably about his
teachers (Jimerson et al, 2006). In the recent research, this construct has also been
referred to as psychological engagement and emotional involvement (Appleton,
Christenson, Kim, & Reschly, 2007).
Furthermore, students are more likely to feel like they belong and are
understood and cared for by their peers when they have opportunities to interact and
listen to each other, offer emotional support, share learning experiences, and
develop respect. Warm classroom interactions with peers create a friendly
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environment and assist in satisfying students' demand for relatedness (Ciani,
Middleton, Summers, & Sheldon, 2010).
C. Cognitive
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and learning process, teachers have motivated students to participate and be active
in the classroom.
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