The Impact of Employing the Cognitive Apprenticeship Model in E-learning Environments on Improving Learning Effciency and Reducing Mind Wandering Among Students of Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the impact of employing the cognitive apprenticeship model in e-learning environments on improving learning effciency and reducing mind wandering among female students and discovering the degree of continuity of the proposed program that employs the cognitive apprenticeship model in e-learning environments on improving learning effciency among students of Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. This study was applied to a sample of )45( female students from the colleges of Science and Social Service, )23( students as an experimental group, and )22( students as a control group with an average age of )20.78( years and standard deviation (1.19). Students were divided equally into two groups, experimental and control groups. The researcher used students' project evaluation cards, mental effort questionnaire, mind wandering scale, and the proposed program for employing the cognitive Apprenticeship model in e-learning environments. Research results revealed a statistically signifcant impact of employing the cognitive apprenticeship model in e-learning environments on improving learning effciency and reducing mind wandering, as well as the continuity of the proposed program to employ cognitive apprenticeship model in e-learning environments on improving the learning effciency among students of Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. In light of the research results, a set of educational recommendations and research proposals were presented.