Effectiveness of Technology Enabled Collaborative Learning in Enhancing Academic Achievement Among Higher Secondary Students

Abstract

Collaborative Learning plays a significant role among learners’ learning in the classroom. To enhance the learning, technology enabled classroom will help the students by seeking attention, interest and attitude. Nowadays, one method of learning is not suitable for students with diverse needs and technology enabled classroom helps to create interest and attention (Govindaraj.S & Sujathamalini.J, 2010). Some students face difficulty in Collaborative Learning and some in technology. This study is an attempt to conduct research to find the effectiveness of Technology Enabled Collaborative Learning in enhancing academic achievement among higher secondary students. For the present study, pretest posttest single group experimental method is used. Twelve Eleventh standard students from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Thandarampet were selected as samples. Pretest was conducted and accommodate Four students each to three groups according to the pretest marks. Technology enabled Collaborative Learning was taught for five days for all the groups. Posttest was conducted after the treatment of technology enabled Collaborative Learning. The result of the study indicated that the academic achievement (posttest marks) of higher secondary students is higher than the pretest marks. Posttest mean value is higher than pretest mean which showed that technology enabled collaborative learning is more effective in the academic achievement among higher secondary students. The same study may be conducted to the students at various levels of education.