The Effectiveness of Using Plickers Program in Structural Assessment for the Development of Achievement and Motivation Towards it for the Third Grade Primary Students in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the use of Plickers program in the structural assessment in order to develop the achievement and motivation of Third Grade Primary students in the Kingdom of Bahrain. To achieve the objective of the study, the researcher used the experimental method by having both the experimental and the control groups in the implementation of the research procedures. The tool of the study included the Internet-based assessment of Plickers to measure its impact on the development of the achievement of science for the third grade student. In addition, the researcher measured the motivation of the students towards the use of the Plickers program for the experimental group only while he used the usual methods of the Structural Assessment in the development of achievement with the control group. The study sample consisted of (56) students distributed equally to both the experimental and control groups. The results of the study showed that there is a statistically significant difference at the level of (α ≤ 0.05) between the average scores of the sample of the experimental group which used the online evaluation program in the development of the achievement of science among the students of the Third Grade Primary and the average score of the members of the control group which used the usual methods of the Structural Assessment in the evaluation process for the experimental group. The results also showed the presence of a statistically significant difference at the significance level (α ≤ 0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group in the post-application of the motivation measurement towards learning by using the Plickers program and the mean hypothetical theory for the post-application. The students' attitudes toward using the Plickers program were positive on the motivation measurement. The results emphasize the effectiveness of the Plickers program in the development of achievement and motivation towards the use of the program in the process of learning. The study recommended the need to expand the use of the program Plickers in the evaluation process of various stages of education to verify the level of academic achievement in students.