The Effect of an Active Learning Training Program on the Achievement and Retention of Female Palestinian Teachers in the light of Some Variables

Abstract

This study aimed at inquiring the effect of active learning program on the achievement and retention of female Palestinian teachers according to three major variables: the academic specialty area, the teachers’ scientific degrees, and the number of training programs teachers had attended. The researchers prepared a training material and developed a 30 item multiple- choice achievement test. They insured their validity by a group of judges and calculated its test reliability, which was 0.67. To test the hypotheses of the study, the researchers used the independent “t” test, One Way ANOVA, Repeated MANOVA, and Sidak test for multiple comparisons. The results of the study showed that there were statistical significant differences (α = 0.05) in favor of the teacher-training program on the active learning technique. At the same time, there were non-statistically significant differences between the female Palestinian teachers according to the variables of academic specialty area, teachers’ scientific degrees, and the number of training programs attended by the teachers.