Comparison of Three Traditional, Online, and Blended Learning Methods in Teaching Physics of Electricity and Magnetism: A Look at Experience of Iran's Higher Education System in Corona and Post-Corona Periods

نویسندگان

1 PhD Student, Group of Algorithms & Computation, School of Engineering Science, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Group of Algorithms & Computation, School of Engineering Science, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

doi
10.22034/ijce.2024.454373.1576
چکیده

The aim of this study is to compare three teaching-learning methods traditional, online, and blended in the instruction of the Physics of Electricity and Magnetism course. The research method is quantitative and comparative in nature. The population and sample consist of engineering students from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tehran who were enrolled in the Physics of Electricity and Magnetism course. The sampling method was convenience sampling (n = 401). Data collection was conducted through the E-Learn and Golestan platforms, and data analysis was performed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with SPSS version 24. The findings indicated that the ANOVA test rejected the null hypothesis of equal means among the three instructional methods, with a significance level (sig) less than 0.05. At a minimum, there is a statistically significant difference in academic achievement between the traditional and blended learning methods. Furthermore, Welch and Brown-Forsythe tests confirmed significant differences among the mean scores of the three learning methods. Accordingly, the students' grades and academic results demonstrate that student performance under the blended learning method is superior to the other two methods. Based on the Iranian experience, it is recommended that instructors of this course in universities of developing countries adopt the blended learning approach in their teaching process.