Comparison of Learning Achievement and Learning Attitude for Computer Application Fundamentals Course between using Task-Based Learning and Traditional Learning in Guangxi Minzu Normal University, China

Abstract

The purposes of this study were: 1)to compare learning to learning achievement under task-based learning and traditional learning activities, 2)to investigate students' attitudes towards computer learning after task-based learning. The samples of this research came from 30 students in Class 1 and 32 students in Class 2 of Mathematics Education major in Guangxi Minzu Normal University in the 2023 academic year. Class 1 used task-based learning and Class 2 used traditional learning. The tools used in the study included 4 task-based learning lesson plans, 4 traditional learning lesson plans, a test paper to measure learning achievement and a learning attitude questionnaire. The data were collected from the classroom teaching process, learning achievement tests, and questionnaires. Before and after classroom intervention, pre-test and post-test were used to obtain learning achievement. After classroom teaching, questionnaires were conducted to understand students' learning attitudes towards task-based learning. Data analysis was performed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

The results of this research were as follows:

1. The average score of task-based learning activities was 147.3, accounting for 90%; the average score of traditional learning activities was 138.28, accounting for 84%, both higher than 70%, which proved that the two learning activities were effective and task-based learning was significantly higher than traditional learning.

2. The post-test score of students using task-based learning was 85.53, and the post-test score of traditional learning activities was 75.69, with an average difference of 9.84. Students who use task-based learning had significantly higher learning achievement than those who use traditional learning at the level of 0.05.

3. The average value of students' attitude towards using task-based learning is 4.30, and the average value of learning attitude towards traditional learning is 3.92. The students' attitude towards task-based learning is higher than that of traditional learning in the Computer Application Fundamentals Course, which is at a relatively high level.

In short, task-based learning allowed learners to achieve higher learning achievement, and learners held a high attitude towards task-based learning in computer application fundamentals course. Therefore, this teaching method is suitable for computer application fundamentals course, and teachers can develop this teaching method.

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